The effect of the inner-hair-cell mediated transduction on the shape of neural tuning curves
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2018-05-31
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To the Ear and Back Again - Advances in Auditory Biophysics: Proceedings of the 13th Mechanics of Hearing Workshop, Volume 1965, AIP Conference Proceedings ; Volume 1965
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The inner hair cells of the mammalian cochlea transform the vibrations of their stereocilia into releases of neurotransmitter at the ribbon synapses, thereby controlling the activity of the afferent auditory fibers. The mechanical-To-neural transduction is a highly nonlinear process and it introduces differences between the frequency-Tuning of the stereocilia and that of the afferent fibers. Using a computational model of the inner hair cell that is based on in vitro data, we estimated that smaller vibrations of the stereocilia are necessary to drive the afferent fibers above threshold at low (≤0.5?kHz) than at high (≥4?kHz) driving frequencies. In the base of the cochlea, the transduction process affects the low-frequency tails of neural tuning curves. In particular, it introduces differences between the frequency-Tuning of the stereocilia and that of the auditory fibers resembling those between basilar membrane velocity and auditory fibers tuning curves in the chinchilla base. For units with a characteristic frequency between 1 and 4?kHz, the transduction process yields shallower neural than stereocilia tuning curves as the characteristic frequency decreases. This study proposes that transduction contributes to the progressive broadening of neural tuning curves from the base to the apex.Description
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Altoè, A, Pulkki, V & Verhulst, S 2018, The effect of the inner-hair-cell mediated transduction on the shape of neural tuning curves . in To the Ear and Back Again - Advances in Auditory Biophysics : Proceedings of the 13th Mechanics of Hearing Workshop . vol. 1965, 060003, AIP Conference Proceedings, vol. 1965, American Institute of Physics, International Workshop on the Mechanics of Hearing, St. Catharines, Canada, 19/06/2017 . https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5038476