Analysis of Multisensory Interaction in Neurones of the Cochlear Nuclei,
Abstract
Study of responses of 104 units in the dorsal and posterior ventral cochlear nuclei of cats under chloralose narcosis shows that 52% did not react to external stimuli. Of the 48% responsive neurons, 45% reacted to acoustic stimuli (tones and /or clicks) and 7% were monomodal. Of the total number of units, 38% reacted to somato-sensory stimuli, 29% to light flashes and 38% to stimuli of 2 or 3 modalities, with a focal evoked potential recorded simultaneously in the latter. Eighty percent of the responses to a to were excitatory and 20% inhibitory, while responses to clicks were 80% inhibitory and 20% excitatory. Nearly all neurons responding to light and somato-sensory stimuli reacted by firing inhibition lasting as long as the two-three phase focal evoked potential and longer. The lack of correlation between neuron inhibition period and focal evoked potential phases shows that the inhibitory synaptic influx occurs far from the neuron body.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- May 13, 1974
- Accession Number
- AD0786840
Entities
People
- R. M. Bobkova
- T. S. Naumova
Organizations
- United States Army Foreign Science and Technology Center