Quantitative investigation of temperature effects in primary auditory fibers in Caiman crocodilus.
Characteristic frequencies (CF) of primary auditory afferents in the caiman depend upon body temperature. In the range tested (11 degrees C - 34 degrees C), the change is in the order of 1.5 octaves. Low temperature leads to low CF.
D000489:Alligators and Crocodiles / Q000502:physiology*; D000818:Animals; D001309:Auditory Threshold / Q000502:physiology; D001831:Body Temperature; D003051:Cochlea / Q000502:physiology; D005072:Evoked Potentials, Auditory; D009412:Nerve Fibers / Q000502:physiology; D012104:Reptiles / Q000502:physiology*; D000159:Vestibulocochlear Nerve / Q000502:physiology*