Auditory Nerve and Brain Stem Volume-Conducted Potentials Evoked by Pure-Tone Pips in the CBA/J Laboratory Mouse
- 1 January 1979
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in International Journal of Audiology
- Vol. 18 (2), 93-108
- https://doi.org/10.3109/00206097909072623
Abstract
The short latency (Jewett were examined in the inbred CBA/J laboratory mouse. Tone pips, at nine frequencies from 4 to 64 kHz, were used to determine auditory nerve evoked potential (Pi) thresholds. Maximum sensitivity occurred at 32 kHz, and a second sensitive area was seen at 56 kHz. With the exception of 32 kHz, as stimulus frequencies were increased in octave intervals, the 90 dB Pi amplitude also increased. Pi latency decreased as the stimulus frequency was increased up to 32 kHz, but this trend reversed with further increases of frequency. However, the Pi amplitude-latency function produced a better agreement of latency and frequency with the travelling wave theory for amplitudes less than 1 μV, while amplitudes from 2 to 8 μV were independent of frequency. Latency and amplitude input-output functions for responses from the four auditory brain stem loci suggest that auditory information is differentially processed as a function of frequency at each level. This is especially true for the inferior colliculus, which is most sensitive to 8-KHz stimuli. Nous avons examiné les potentiels rapides (Pi-Pv) pour une lignée hautement consanguine de souris CBA/J en utilisant des tons «pips» de neuf fréquences différentes entre 4 et 64 kHz. Nous avons d'abord déterminé les seuils de Pi et noté qu'une sensibilité maximale apparaissait pour 32 kHz, puisque les seuils remontaient avec cependant une encoche à 56 kHz. Utilisant ensuite une intensité de 90 dB nous avons noté que a) l'ampli-tude de Pi augmentait d'une façon. semblable pour chque intervalle successif d'octave (mettant à part la fréquence 32 kHz pour laquelle le seuil est d'ailleurs le plus bas) - et b) la latence de Pi diminuait pour chaque intervalle successif d'octave jusqu'à 32 kHz, le phénomène etant ensuite inversé jusqu'à 64 kHz. Toujours pour Pi, considérant sa latence en fonction de son amplitude, nous avons observé que a) pour des amplitudes supérieures à 2 μV la latence était indépendante de la fréquence et b) pour des amplitudes inférieures il existait une tendance à un comportement des réponses soutenant la théorie des ondes propagées de Békésy. Pour Pii-Pv, l'examen des courbes entrée-sortie, amplitude-latence, suggère l'idée que l'information auditive fréquentielle est traitée différemment à chaque palier, surtout au niveau du colliculus inférieur qui est particulièrement sensible à des stimuli de 8 kHz.Keywords
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