Dissecting the frog inner ear with Gaussian noise .1. Application of high-order Wiener-kernel analysis

P vanDijk*, HP Wit, JM Segenhout

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    Wiener kernel analysis was used to characterize the auditory pathway from tympanic membrane to single primary auditory nerve fibers in the European edible frog, Rana esculenta. Nerve fiber signals were recorded in response to white Gaussian noise. By cross-correlating the noise stimulus and the nerve fiber response, we computed (1) the full second-order Wiener kernel, and (2) the diagonals of the zeroth-to fourth-order Wiener kernels. These diagonals are usually referred to as polynomial correlation functions. The measured Wiener kernels were fitted with a 'sandwich' model. A new fitting procedure was used to compute the response characteristics of(1) the first filter, (2) the static nonlinearity, and (3) the second filter, which form the functional components of the model. The first filter is a bandpass filter. In the majority of low frequency fibers, with best excitatory frequency (BEF) <800 Hz, this filter was tuned to two frequencies. This dual tuning mechanism gives rise to 'off-diagonal' components in the second-order Wiener kernel. The static nonlinearity resembles a rectifier, and is dominated by second-order (quadratic) nonlinearity. As a function of BEF, the shape of the nonlinearity changes systematically. Finally, the last filter in the model was a low pass filter. Across fibers, its cutoff frequency(f-3dB) ranged from 106 to 434 Hz. (C) 1997 Elsevier Science B.V.

    Originele taal-2English
    Pagina's (van-tot)229-242
    Aantal pagina's14
    TijdschriftHearing Research
    Volume114
    Nummer van het tijdschrift1-2
    DOI's
    StatusPublished - dec.-1997

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