Postnatal exposure to tones alters the tuning characteristics of inferior collicular neurons in the rat

P W Poon; X Chen

doi:10.1016/0006-8993(92)91243-8

Postnatal exposure to tones alters the tuning characteristics of inferior collicular neurons in the rat

Brain Res. 1992 Jul 10;585(1-2):391-4. doi: 10.1016/0006-8993(92)91243-8.

Authors

P W Poon¹, X Chen

Affiliation

¹ Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Hong Kong.

PMID: 1511325
DOI: 10.1016/0006-8993(92)91243-8

Abstract

Young rats were exposed to either a 4 or 20 kHz steady tone during the first 3 weeks after birth, and then single unit responses to pure tones were studied at their inferior colliculi (IC). The best frequencies (BF's) of the cells showed strong clustering around the frequency of exposure.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Acoustic Stimulation / methods
Animals
Animals, Newborn
Inferior Colliculi / cytology
Inferior Colliculi / physiology*
Neuronal Plasticity*
Neurons / physiology*
Rats
Rats, Inbred Strains
Sound*