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The Journal of Neuroscience, January 15, 2000, 20(2):862-877
Abnormal Auditory Experience Induces Frequency-Specific Adjustments in Unit Tuning for Binaural Localization Cues in the Optic Tectum of Juvenile Owls
Joshua I. Gold and Eric I. Knudsen Department of Neurobiology, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305-5125
Early auditory experience shapes the auditory spatial tuning of neurons in the barn owl's optic tectum in a frequency-dependent manner. We examined the basis for this adaptive plasticity in terms of changes in tuning for frequency-specific interaural time differences (ITDs) and level differences (ILDs), the dominant sound localization cues. We characterized broadband and narrowband ITD and ILD tuning in normal owls and in owls raised with an acoustic filtering device in one ear that caused frequency-dependent changes in sound timing and level. In normal owls, units were tuned to frequency-specific ITD and ILD values that matched those produced by sound sources located in their visual receptive fields. In contrast, in device-reared owls, ITD tuning at most sites was shifted from normal by ~55 µsec toward open-ear leading for 4 kHz stimuli and 15 µsec toward the opposite-ear leading for 8 kHz stimuli, reflecting the acoustic effects of the device. ILD tuning was shifted in the adaptive direction by ~3 dB for 4 kHz stimuli and 8 dB for 8 kHz stimuli, but these shifts were substantially smaller than expected based on the acoustic effects of the device. Most sites also exhibited conspicuously abnormal frequency-response functions, including a strong dependence on stimulus ITD and a reduction of normally robust responses to 6 kHz stimuli. The results demonstrate that the response properties of high-order auditory neurons in the optic tectum are adjusted during development to reflect the influence of frequency-specific features of the binaural localization cues experienced by the individual.
Key words: sound localization; hearing impairment; development; auditory plasticity; superior colliculus; Tyto alba
Copyright © 2000 Society for Neuroscience 0270-6474/00/202862-16$05.00/0
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