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20036316

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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
2010-2-1
pubmed:abstractText
The aim of the present study was to evaluate the effect of background noise on the directional sensitivity of neurons in the deep layers of the superior colliculus. Extra-cellular recordings were carried out in anaesthetized adult Long Evans rats. When stimulated in a noisy environment, most of the neurons remained sensitive to sound direction and only a few changed their optimal direction by more than 15 degrees. When stimulated at their optimal direction in the presence of background noise, a majority of neurons did not modify their response rate, whereas a limited proportion of neurons showed either a significant drop or facilitation of their response rate. Moreover, the neurons' receptive fields showed significant tuning modifications in the presence of background noise. In a noisy environment, the larger receptive fields became narrower, whereas the sharply tuned receptive fields got broader.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
1872-7972
pubmed:author
pubmed:copyrightInfo
(c) 2009 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:day
5
pubmed:volume
470
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
28-32
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2010
pubmed:articleTitle
Coding sound direction in noisy environment in the superior colliculus of the rat.
pubmed:affiliation
Centre de Recherche en Neuropsychologie et Cognition, Département de Psychologie, Université de Montréal, C.P. 6128, Succ. Centre-Ville, Montréal, Québec, Canada.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article