PMID- 37770756 OWN - NLM STAT- Publisher LR - 20240422 IS - 1432-1351 (Electronic) IS - 0340-7594 (Linking) DP - 2023 Sep 29 TI - Monaural and dichotic forward masking in the dolphin's auditory system. LID - 10.1007/s00359-023-01675-1 [doi] AB - Short-latency auditory-evoked potentials (AEPs) were recorded non-invasively in the bottlenose dolphin Tursiops truncatus. The stimuli were two sound clicks that were played either monaurally (both clicks to one and the same acoustic window) or dichotically (the leading stimulus (masker) to one acoustic window and the delayed stimulus (test) to the other window). The ratio of the levels of the two stimuli was 0, 10, or 20 dB (at 10 and 20 dB, the leading stimulus was of a higher level). The inter-stimulus intervals (ISIs) varied from 0.15 to 10 ms. The test response magnitude was assessed by correlation analysis as a percentage of the control (non-masked) response. At monaural stimulation, the test response was of a constant magnitude (5-6% of the control) at ISIs of 0.15-0.3 ms and recovered at longer ISIs. At dichotic stimulation, the deepest suppression of the test response occurred at ISIs of 0.5-0.7 ms. The response was slightly suppressed at short ISIs (0.15-0.3 ms) and recovered at ISIs longer than 0.5-0.7 ms. The relation of parameters of the forward masking to echolocation in dolphins is discussed. CI - (c) 2023. The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature. FAU - Popov, Vladimir V AU - Popov VV AD - A.N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution, Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninsky Prospekt, 33, 119071, Moscow, Russia. FAU - Nechaev, Dmitry I AU - Nechaev DI AD - A.N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution, Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninsky Prospekt, 33, 119071, Moscow, Russia. FAU - Supin, Alexander Ya AU - Supin AY AD - A.N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution, Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninsky Prospekt, 33, 119071, Moscow, Russia. FAU - Sysueva, Evgeniya V AU - Sysueva EV AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-0262-7427 AD - A.N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution, Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninsky Prospekt, 33, 119071, Moscow, Russia. evgeniasysueva@gmail.com. LA - eng GR - 22-25-00025/the Russian Science Foundation/ PT - Journal Article DEP - 20230929 PL - Germany TA - J Comp Physiol A Neuroethol Sens Neural Behav Physiol JT - Journal of comparative physiology. A, Neuroethology, sensory, neural, and behavioral physiology JID - 101141792 SB - IM OTO - NOTNLM OT - Dolphin OT - Echolocation OT - Forward masking EDAT- 2023/09/29 00:42 MHDA- 2023/09/29 00:42 CRDT- 2023/09/28 23:41 PHST- 2023/06/23 00:00 [received] PHST- 2023/09/09 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2023/09/08 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2023/09/29 00:42 [pubmed] PHST- 2023/09/29 00:42 [medline] PHST- 2023/09/28 23:41 [entrez] AID - 10.1007/s00359-023-01675-1 [pii] AID - 10.1007/s00359-023-01675-1 [doi] PST - aheadofprint SO - J Comp Physiol A Neuroethol Sens Neural Behav Physiol. 2023 Sep 29. doi: 10.1007/s00359-023-01675-1.