| Literature DB >> 14669019 |
Victor Grau-Serrat1, Catherine E Carr, Jonathan Z Simon.
Abstract
A biologically detailed model of the binaural avian nucleus laminaris is constructed, as a two-dimensional array of multicompartment, conductance-based neurons, along tonotopic and interaural time delay (ITD) axes. The model is based primarily on data from chick nucleus laminaris. Typical chick-like parameters perform ITD discrimination up to 2 kHz, and enhancements for barn owl perform ITD discrimination up to 6 kHz. The dendritic length gradient of NL is explained concisely. The response to binaural out-of-phase input is suppressed well below the response to monaural input (without any spontaneous activity on the opposite side), implicating active potassium channels as crucial to good ITD discrimination.Entities:
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Year: 2003 PMID: 14669019 PMCID: PMC3269635 DOI: 10.1007/s00422-003-0444-4
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Biol Cybern ISSN: 0340-1200 Impact factor: 2.086