ZHANG Yong-hai,SUI Jian-feng,LIU Guo-long,LI Zhi-fang,XIONG Ying.Characteristics of frequency response areas of neurons in primary auditory cortex of rats[J].J Amry Med Univ (J Third Mil Med Univ),2007,29(07):576-578.
ZHANG Yong-hai,SUI Jian-feng,LIU Guo-long,LI Zhi-fang,XIONG Ying.Characteristics of frequency response areas of neurons in primary auditory cortex of rats[J].J Amry Med Univ (J Third Mil Med Univ),2007,29(07):576-578.DOI:
Characteristics of frequency response areas of neurons in primary auditory cortex of rats
Objective To investigate the characteristics of frequency response areas of neurons in the primary auditory cortex. Methods Extracellular multi-unit activities were recorded in the primary auditory cortex of the rats with tungsten microelectrodes.The frequency-intensity response areas were acquired and analyzed by the Brainware software. Results We recorded totally 106 neurons′ activities from 15 SD rats. Their best frequencies ranged from 2 kHz to 45 kHz. According to the shape of the excitatory frequency response areas (eFRA)
we could classify them into 6 classes
that is
U-shaped (29.5%)
V-shaped (20%)
lower-tailed-upper-sharp (19%)
circumscribed (15%)
slant-lower (7.5%) and multi-peaked (9%). Conclusion The shapes of the excitatory frequency response areas of the neuron in the primary auditory cortex are various and might result from the same mechanisms.