The Neural Basis of Echolocation in Bats
Published on 15. December 2011
Book
Paperback/Softback
X, 143 pages
978-3-642-83664-0 (ISBN)
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The brain of an echo locating bat is devoted, in large part, to analyzing sound and conducting behavior in a world of sounds and echoes. This monograph is about analysis of sound in the brainstem of echolocating bats and concerns the relationship between brain structure and brain function. Echolocating bats are unique subjects for the study of such relationships. Like man, echolocating bats emit sounds just for the purpose of listening to them. Simply by observing the bat's echolocation sounds, we know what the bat listens to in nature. We therefore have a good idea what the bat's auditory brain is designed to do. But this alone does not make the bat unique. The brain of the bat is, by mammalian standards, rather primitive. The unique aspect is the combination of primitive characteristics and complex auditory processing. Within this small brain the auditory structures are hypertrophied and have an elegance of organization not seen in other mammals. It is as if the auditory pathways had evolved while the rest of the brain remained evolutionary quiescent.
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Edition
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1989
Language
English
Place of publication
Berlin
Germany
Publishing group
Springer Berlin
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Research
Illustrations
12 s/w Abbildungen
X, 143 p. 12 illus.
Dimensions
Height: 244 mm
Width: 170 mm
Thickness: 9 mm
Weight
282 gr
ISBN-13
978-3-642-83664-0 (9783642836640)
DOI
10.1007/978-3-642-83662-6
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George D. Pollak | John H. Casseday
The Neural Basis of Echolocation in Bats
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04/1989
1st Edition
Springer
€85.55
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Content
1. Biological Sonar and the World of Bats.- 1.1 Purpose of the Monograph.- 1.2 Historical Review.- 1.3 The Orientation Calls of Bats.- 1.4 Nomenclature Used to Refer to Bats Throughout the Monograph.- 1.5 How Bats Manipulate Their Signals During Echolocation.- 1.6 Echolocation Signals Are Tailored to the Habitat in Which the Bat Hunts.- 1.7 What Information Do Bats Extract from their Biosonar Signals?.- 1.8 Cues Bats Use to Extract Information from Biosonar Signals.- 1.9 Biosonar Signals and the Phylogeny of Bats.- 2. Tonotopic Organization.- 2.1 Introduction.- 2.2 The Cochlea and Auditory Nerve.- 2.3 Cochlear Nucleus.- 2.4 Superior Olivary Complex.- 2.5 Nuclei of the Lateral Lemniscus.- 2.6 Central Nucleus of the Inferior Colliculus.- 3. Anatomy of the Auditory Brainstem.- 3.1 Introduction.- 3.2 Three Divisions of the Cochlear Nucleus and the Origins of Parallel Auditory Pathways.- 3.3 Binaural and Monaural Pathways of the AVCN System.- 3.4 Convergence and Integration at the Inferior Colliculus.- 3.5 Pathways to the Inferior Colliculus: Conclusions.- 3.6 The Central Acoustic Tract and the Superior Colliculus: Some Speculations on Structures for Spatial Orientation.- 4. Physiological Properties of Auditory Neurons.- 4.1 Introduction.- 4.2 Auditory Nerve.- 4.3 Anteroventral Cochlear Nucleus.- 4.4 Medial Superior Olive.- 4.5 Lateral Superior Olive.- 4.6 How Do Time-Sensitive E-I Units Code for Azimuth?.- 4.7 Inferior Colliculus.- 4.8 The Relevance of Doppler-Shift Compensation.- 4.9 Organizational Features Related to Convergence of Inputs at the Inferior Colliculus.- 5. Processing of Acoustic Information During Echolocation.- 5.1 Introduction.- 5.2 Pulse Beaming and the Action of the Middle Ear Muscles.- 5.3 Central Mechanisms for Attenuating Responses to Emitted Sounds.-5.4 Neuronal Response Properties Can Be Modified During Echolocation.- 5.5 Conclusions.- 6. Summary and Conclusions.- 6.1 Specializations of Mustache Bats Reveal Details About the Modular Organization of the Auditory System.- 6.2 Processing of Frequency and Time in the AVCN System.- 6.3 Functional Significance of Monaural and Binaural AVCN Pathways.- 6.4 Convergence of Pathways at the Inferior Colliculus.- References.