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JOURNAL OF THE ACOUSTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA
卷 116, 期 1, 页码 469-477出版社
ACOUSTICAL SOC AMER AMER INST PHYSICS
DOI: 10.1121/1.1760796
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- NIA NIH HHS [P01 AG09524] Funding Source: Medline
- NIDCD NIH HHS [P30 DC05409] Funding Source: Medline
Age and stimulus rise time (RT) effects on response latency were investigated for inferior colliculus (IC) neurons in young-adult and old CBA mice. Single-unit responses were recorded to unmodulated and sinusoidal amplitude modulated (SAM) broadband noise carriers, presented at 35 to 80 dB SPL. Data from 63 young-adult and 76 old phasic units were analyzed to identify the time interval between stimulus onset and driven-response onset (latency). When controlling for stimulus sound level and AM frequency, significant age-related changes in latency were identified. Absolute latency decreased with age at all stimulus AM frequencies, significantly so for equivalent rise times (RT) less than or equal to 12.5 ms. The linear correlation of latency with AM stimulus RT was significant for both young-adult and old units, and increased significantly with age. It is likely that both the decrease in absolute latency and the increase in latency/RT correlation with age are consistent with a reduction of inhibitory drive with age in the IC. These latency changes will result in age-related timing variations in brainstem responses to stimulus onsets, and therefore affect the encoding of complex sounds. (C) 2004 Acoustical Society of America.
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