title: A rapid correlation method for the analysis of spectro-temporal receptive fields of auditory neurons.
abstract: The evaluation of spectro-temporal receptive fields in auditory neurons makes use of a correlation technique that needs a high amount of calculation time. We present a method in which 2-ms time bins of post-stimulus time histograms, rather than every action potential, are the basis for correlation with the acoustic spectrum of the stimulus. In a t test the content of each bin is classified as excitatory, inhibitory or responseless. The bin width is adjusted to the temporal resolution of the units as determined in a gap detection analysis. The method presented here saves a substantial amount of analysis time and reveals adequately spectro-temporal receptive fields.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire d'Ethologie, Université de Rennes 1, France. jpr@etourneau.univ-rennes1.fr
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Richard
authors.forename: H J
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Leppelsack
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hausberger
mesh_terms: D000200:Action Potentials / Q000502:physiology*; D000818:Animals; D001306:Auditory Pathways / Q000502:physiology*; D001717:Birds; D009474:Neurons / Q000502:physiology*