Frequency response areas of neurons in the mouse inferior colliculus. III. Time-domain responses: Constancy, dynamics, and precision in relation to spectral resolution, and perception in the time domain

Marina A Egorova, Alexander G Akimov, Gleb D Khorunzhii and Günter Ehret

PLOS ONE, 2020, vol. 15, issue 10, 1-30

Abstract: The auditory midbrain (central nucleus of inferior colliculus, ICC) receives multiple brainstem projections and recodes auditory information for perception in higher centers. Many neural response characteristics are represented in gradients (maps) in the three-dimensional ICC space. Map overlap suggests that neurons, depending on their ICC location, encode information in several domains simultaneously by different aspects of their responses. Thus, interdependence of coding, e.g. in spectral and temporal domains, seems to be a general ICC principle. Studies on covariation of response properties and possible impact on sound perception are, however, rare. Here, we evaluated tone-evoked single neuron activity from the mouse ICC and compared shapes of excitatory frequency-response areas (including strength and shape of inhibition within and around the excitatory area; classes I, II, III) with types of temporal response patterns and first-spike response latencies. Analyses showed covariation of sharpness of frequency tuning with constancy and precision of responding to tone onsets. Highest precision (first-spike latency jitter

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