title: Tuning and timing in the gerbil ear: Wiener-kernel analysis.
abstract: Information about the tuning and timing of excitation in cochlear axons with low-characteristic frequency (CF) is embodied in the first-order Wiener kernel, or reverse correlation function. For high-CF axons, the highest-ranking eigenvector (or singular vector) of the second-order Wiener kernel often can serve as a surrogate for the first-order kernel, providing the same information. For mid-CF axons, the two functions are essentially identical. In this paper we apply these tools to gerbil cochlear-nerve axons with CFs ranging from 700 Hz to 14 kHz. Eigen or singular-value decomposition of the second-order Wiener kernel allows us to separate excitatory and suppressive effects, and to determine precisely the timing of the latter.
authors.affiliation: Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA. lewis@eecs.berkeley.edu
authors.forename: Edwin R
authors.initials: ER
authors.lastname: Lewis
authors.forename: Kenneth R
authors.initials: KR
authors.lastname: Henry
authors.forename: Walter M
authors.initials: WM
authors.lastname: Yamada
mesh_terms: D000161:Acoustic Stimulation / Q000379:methods; D000818:Animals; D001369:Axons / Q000502:physiology*; D003056:Cochlear Nerve / Q000502:physiology*; D004594:Electrophysiology; D005849:Gerbillinae; D008959:Models, Neurological