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- Title
The generation of DPOAEs in the locust ear is contingent upon the sensory neurons.
- Authors
Möckel, Doreen; Seyfarth, Ernst-August; Kössl, Manfred
- Abstract
Tympanal organs of insects emit distortion-product otoacoustic emissions (DPOAEs) that are indicative of nonlinear ear mechanics. Our study sought (1) to define constraints of DPOAE generation in the ear of Locusta migratoria, and (2) to identify the sensory structures involved. We selectively destroyed the connection between the (peripheral) sensory ganglion and the tympanal attachment points of the “d-cell” dendrites; d-cells are most sensitive to sound frequencies above 12 kHz. This led to a decrease of DPOAEs that were evoked by f 2 frequencies above 15 kHz (decrease of 15–40 dB; mean 28 dB; n = 12 organs). DPOAEs elicited by lower frequencies remained unchanged. Such frequency-specific changes following the exclusion of one scolopidial sub-population suggest that these auditory scolopidia are in fact the source of DPOAEs in insects. Electrical stimulation of the auditory nerve (with short current pulses of 4–10 μA or DC-currents of 0.5 μA) reversibly reduced DPOAEs by as much as 30 dB. We assume that retrograde electrical stimulation primarily affected the neuronal part of the scolopidia. Severing the auditory nerve from the central nervous system (CNS) did not alter the DPOAE amplitudes nor the effects of electrical stimulation.
- Subjects
SENSORY neurons; OTOACOUSTIC emissions; TYMPANAL organ; INSECTS; NEURONS; ELECTRIC stimulation
- Publication
Journal of Comparative Physiology A: Neuroethology, Sensory, Neural & Behavioral Physiology, 2007, Vol 193, Issue 8, p871
- ISSN
0340-7594
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s00359-007-0239-5