PMID- 30814933 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20190716 LR - 20200309 IS - 1662-5110 (Electronic) IS - 1662-5110 (Linking) VI - 13 DP - 2019 TI - A Temporal Filter for Binaural Hearing Is Dynamically Adjusted by Sound Pressure Level. PG - 8 LID - 10.3389/fncir.2019.00008 [doi] LID - 8 AB - In natural environments our auditory system is exposed to multiple and diverse signals of fluctuating amplitudes. Therefore, to detect, localize, and single out individual sounds the auditory system has to process and filter spectral and temporal information from both ears. It is known that the overall sound pressure level affects sensory signal transduction and therefore the temporal response pattern of auditory neurons. We hypothesize that the mammalian binaural system utilizes a dynamic mechanism to adjust the temporal filters in neuronal circuits to different overall sound pressure levels. Previous studies proposed an inhibitory mechanism generated by the reciprocally coupled dorsal nuclei of the lateral lemniscus (DNLL) as a temporal neuronal-network filter that suppresses rapid binaural fluctuations. Here we investigated the consequence of different sound levels on this filter during binaural processing. Our in vivo and in vitro electrophysiology in Mongolian gerbils shows that the integration of ascending excitation and contralateral inhibition defines the temporal properties of this inhibitory filter. The time course of this filter depends on the synaptic drive, which is modulated by the overall sound pressure level and N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor (NMDAR) signaling. In psychophysical experiments we tested the temporal perception of humans and show that detection and localization of two subsequent tones changes with the sound pressure level consistent with our physiological results. Together our data support the hypothesis that mammals dynamically adjust their time window for sound detection and localization within the binaural system in a sound level dependent manner. FAU - Siveke, Ida AU - Siveke I AD - Department Biology II, Division of Neurobiology, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitat Munchen, Munich, Germany. AD - Institute of Zoology and Neurobiology, Ruhr-Universitat Bochum, Bochum, Germany. FAU - Lingner, Andrea AU - Lingner A AD - Department Biology II, Division of Neurobiology, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitat Munchen, Munich, Germany. FAU - Ammer, Julian J AU - Ammer JJ AD - Department Biology II, Division of Neurobiology, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitat Munchen, Munich, Germany. AD - Graduate School for Systemic Neurosciences, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitat Munchen, Munich, Germany. FAU - Gleiss, Sarah A AU - Gleiss SA AD - Department Biology II, Division of Neurobiology, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitat Munchen, Munich, Germany. AD - Graduate School for Systemic Neurosciences, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitat Munchen, Munich, Germany. FAU - Grothe, Benedikt AU - Grothe B AD - Department Biology II, Division of Neurobiology, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitat Munchen, Munich, Germany. AD - Graduate School for Systemic Neurosciences, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitat Munchen, Munich, Germany. FAU - Felmy, Felix AU - Felmy F AD - Department Biology II, Division of Neurobiology, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitat Munchen, Munich, Germany. AD - Institute of Zoology, University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Hannover, Germany. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20190213 PL - Switzerland TA - Front Neural Circuits JT - Frontiers in neural circuits JID - 101477940 RN - 0 (Excitatory Amino Acid Antagonists) RN - 0 (Quinoxalines) RN - 62T278S1MX (FG 9041) RN - 76726-92-6 (2-Amino-5-phosphonovalerate) SB - IM MH - 2-Amino-5-phosphonovalerate/pharmacology MH - Acoustic Stimulation MH - Action Potentials/drug effects MH - Animals MH - Auditory Pathways/physiology MH - Excitatory Amino Acid Antagonists/pharmacology MH - Female MH - Gerbillinae MH - Hearing/*physiology MH - Inferior Colliculi/physiology MH - Male MH - Neural Inhibition MH - Neurons/drug effects MH - Psychophysics MH - Quinoxalines/pharmacology MH - *Sound MH - Sound Localization/*physiology MH - Time Factors PMC - PMC6381077 OTO - NOTNLM OT - auditory filter OT - dorsal nucleus of the lateral lemniscus OT - echo perception OT - glutamate receptor OT - sound pressure level EDAT- 2019/03/01 06:00 MHDA- 2019/07/17 06:00 PMCR- 2019/01/01 CRDT- 2019/03/01 06:00 PHST- 2018/09/27 00:00 [received] PHST- 2019/01/24 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2019/03/01 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2019/03/01 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2019/07/17 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2019/01/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 10.3389/fncir.2019.00008 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Front Neural Circuits. 2019 Feb 13;13:8. doi: 10.3389/fncir.2019.00008. eCollection 2019.