The Neural Representation of Binaural Sound Localization Cues Across Different Subregions of the Chicken's Inferior Colliculus

Author:

Aralla Roberta1,Pauley Claire1,Köppl Christine123ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Department of Neuroscience, School of Medicine and Health Sciences Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg Germany

2. Research Center for Neurosensory Sciences Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg Germany

3. Cluster of Excellence “Hearing4all” Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg Germany

Abstract

ABSTRACTThe sound localization behavior of the nocturnally hunting barn owl and its underlying neural computations is a textbook example of neuroethology. Differences in sound timing and level at the two ears are integrated in a series of well‐characterized steps, from brainstem to inferior colliculus (IC), resulting in a topographical neural representation of auditory space. It remains an important question of brain evolution: How is this specialized case derived from a more plesiomorphic pattern? The present study is the first to match physiology and anatomical subregions in the non‐owl avian IC. Single‐unit responses in the chicken IC were tested for selectivity to different frequencies and to the binaural difference cues. Their anatomical origin was reconstructed with the help of electrolytic lesions and immunohistochemical identification of different subregions of the IC, based on previous characterizations in owl and chicken. In contrast to barn owl, there was no distinct differentiation of responses in the different subregions. We found neural topographies for both binaural cues but no evidence for a coherent representation of auditory space. The results are consistent with previous work in pigeon IC and chicken higher‐order midbrain and suggest a plesiomorphic condition of multisensory integration in the midbrain that is dominated by lateral panoramic vision.

Funder

Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft

Publisher

Wiley

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