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PART 2: SENSORY WORLDS
#06: ECHOLOCATION IN BATS II
 pt 2: sensory input
 ch 2: echolocation in bats
 bat behavior
 decoding the acoustic
environment
 hunting bats
 neural mechanisms
 moth responses to predation
 summary
PART 2: SENSORY WORLDS
#06: ECHOLOCATION IN BATS II
 pt 2: sensory input
 ch 2: echolocation in bats
 bat behavior
 decoding the acoustic
environment
 hunting bats
 neural mechanisms
 moth responses to predation
 summary
BRAIN STRUCTURE – FUNCTION
 2 polar views of brain structure-function
relationships...
 ball of wool...
 anatomical homogeneity
 cell function diversity
 network & structure...
 anatomical diversity
 cell function homogeneity
 both...
BRAIN STRUCTURE – FUNCTION
 brain functions determined by...
 proximity & connectivity  known
inputs & outputs (eg, olfaction)
 experimentation
BRAIN STRUCTURE – FUNCTION
 Drosophila brain
BRAIN STRUCTURE – FUNCTION
 Drosophila olfactory
 lateral
horn 
 antennal gl. tract 
mushroom
 body 
 antennal lobe 
 antenna 
BRAIN STRUCTURE – FUNCTION
 human brain
NEURAL MECHANISMS
 human auditory
NEURAL MECHANISMS
 human
auditory
NEURAL MECHANISMS
 bat auditory
 ear drum vibration
  hair displacement
 amplitude
 frequency ) ) ) ) ))) 
 1° auditory neurons
in spiral ganglion
  CNS
NEURAL MECHANISMS
 human auditory (b)
 hair cells on basilar membrane = basilar fibers
 shorter @ base,  frequency
 longer @ apex,  frequency
 excitation... 
 inhibition... 


NEURAL MECHANISMS
 ranges of auditory perception
HUMAN
BAT
1
10
100
1K
10K
FREQUENCY (Hz)
100K
NEURAL MECHANISMS
 bat auditory specializations  echolocation
 frequency range
 CF bats... acoustic
fovea on membrane
 thicker ) ) ) ) ))) 
 longer
 1° auditory neurons
 more of them
NEURAL MECHANISMS
 bat auditory specializations  echolocation
 frequency range
 CF bats... acoustic
fovea on membrane
 thicker
 longer
 1° auditory neurons
 more of them
 tuned to acoustic fovea
NEURAL MECHANISMS
 bat auditory specializations  echolocation
 frequency range
 CF bats... acoustic
fovea on membrane
 thicker
 longer
 1° auditory neurons
 more of them
 tuned to acoustic fovea
?
NEURAL MECHANISMS
 auditory pathway: mustached bat (FM & CF)
cochlea
sensory auditory
auditory nerve interneuron
cortex
cochlear nucleus
superior olivary nucleus
nucleus of lateral lemniscus
inferior colliculus
medial geniculate nucleus
auditory cortex
sensory interneuron
auditory
cortex
NEURAL MECHANISMS
 auditory pathway: mustached bat (FM & CF)
cochlea
sensory auditory
auditory nerve interneuron
cortex
cochlear nucleus
superior olivary nucleus
nucleus of lateral lemniscus
inferior colliculus
medial geniculate nucleus
auditory cortex
sensory interneuron
auditory
cortex
NEURAL MECHANISMS
 auditory pathway: mustached bat (FM & CF)
cochlea
sensory auditory
auditory nerve interneuron
cortex
cochlear nucleus
superior olivary nucleus
nucleus of lateral lemniscus
inferior colliculus
medial geniculate nucleus
auditory cortex
sensory interneuron
auditory
cortex
NEURAL MECHANISMS
 auditory pathway: mustached bat (FM & CF)
cochlea
sensory auditory
auditory nerve interneuron
cortex
cochlear nucleus
superior olivary nucleus
nucleus of lateral lemniscus
inferior colliculus
medial geniculate nucleus
auditory cortex
sensory interneuron
auditory
cortex
NEURAL MECHANISMS
 auditory pathway: mustached bat (FM & CF)
cochlea
sensory auditory
auditory nerve interneuron
cortex
cochlear nucleus
superior olivary nucleus
nucleus of lateral lemniscus
inferior colliculus
medial geniculate nucleus
auditory cortex
sensory interneuron
auditory
cortex
NEURAL MECHANISMS
 bat auditory specializations  echolocation
 FM bats... sensitivity to emitted call  during
call
 contract middle ear muscles
 attenuation in nucleus of lateral lemniscus*
 CF bats... remain sensitive to signal during call
 ~ deaf to narrow band of call,
 membrane sensitivity
NEURAL MECHANISMS
 auditory pathway: mustached bat (FM & CF)
cochlea
sensory auditory
auditory nerve interneuron
cortex
cochlear nucleus
superior olivary nucleus
nucleus of lateral lemniscus
inferior colliculus
medial geniculate nucleus
auditory cortex
sensory interneuron
auditory
cortex
NEURAL MECHANISMS
 inferior colliculus  encoding FM signal-echo
delay
 inferior colliculus neurons  fixed spike rate ~
 call
 echo delay
 not ~ intensity
 frequency tuned
 low threshold
NEURAL MECHANISMS
 inferior colliculus  encoding CF Doppler effect
  # of frequency tuned neurons at acoustic
fovea
 target information
 encode insect
wing beats
NEURAL MECHANISMS
 auditory pathway: mustached bat (FM & CF)
cochlea
sensory auditory
auditory nerve interneuron
cortex
cochlear nucleus
superior olivary nucleus
nucleus of lateral lemniscus
inferior colliculus
medial geniculate nucleus
auditory cortex
sensory interneuron
auditory
cortex
NEURAL MECHANISMS
 auditory pathway: mustached bat (FM & CF)
cochlea
sensory auditory
auditory nerve interneuron
cortex
cochlear nucleus
superior olivary nucleus
nucleus of lateral lemniscus
inferior colliculus
medial geniculate nucleus
auditory cortex
sensory interneuron
auditory
cortex
NEURAL MECHANISMS
 auditory pathway: mustached bat (FM & CF)
sensory auditory
cochlea
auditory nerve interneuron
cochlear nucleus
superior olivary nucleus
nucleus of lateral lemniscus
inferior colliculus
medial geniculate nucleus
FM-FM
CF-CF
DSCF
cortex
auditory
cortex
NEURAL MECHANISMS
 auditory pathway: mustached bat (FM & CF)
auditory
cortex
cochlea
auditory nerve
cochlear nucleus
superior olivary nucleus
nucleus of lateral lemniscus
inferior colliculus
medial geniculate nucleus
FM-FM
CF-CF
DSCF
lower
centers
auditory
cortex
NEURAL MECHANISMS
 auditory cortex  lower centers
 individual parameters
 parallel centers
NEURAL MECHANISMS
 auditory pathway: mustached bat (FM & CF)
cochlea
auditory nerve
cochlear nucleus
superior olivary nucleus
nucleus of lateral lemniscus
inferior colliculus
medial geniculate nucleus
auditory cortex
NEURAL MECHANISMS
 auditory pathway: mustached bat (FM & CF)
cochlea
auditory nerve
cochlear nucleus
superior olivary nucleus
nucleus of lateral lemniscus
inferior colliculus
medial geniculate nucleus
FM-FM
CF-CF
DSCF
NEURAL MECHANISMS
 mustached bat
 CF & FM components
 pulse & echo
 4 harmonic frequencies
 H1 = fundamental
 4 amplitudes (volumes)
 H2 > H3 > H4 > H1
 map onto different cortical areas
NEURAL MECHANISMS
 mustached bat
 FM-FM area 
distance & size coding
NEURAL MECHANISMS
 FM-FM area  distance coding
 respond best to FM call + delayed FM echo
 FM-FM neurons delay tuned, in columns
 FM1-FM2, FM1-FM3 & FM1-FM4 zones
NEURAL MECHANISMS
 FM-FM area  size coding
 FM-FM neurons delay & amplitude tuned
 disruption  no influence on freq.
discrimination
NEURAL MECHANISMS
 auditory pathway: mustached bat (FM & CF)
auditory
cortex
cochlea
auditory nerve
cochlear nucleus
superior olivary nucleus
nucleus of lateral lemniscus
inferior colliculus
medial geniculate nucleus
FM-FM
CF-CF
DSCF
auditory
cortex
NEURAL MECHANISMS
 FM-FM area  distance auditory
& size coding
 medial geniculate nuc.
delays call signal
 FM-FM
  call + delay
coincidence
 FM-FM
cortex
auditory
cortex
NEURAL MECHANISMS
 mustached bat
 FM-FM area 
distance & size coding
 CF-CF area 
velocity coding
NEURAL MECHANISMS
 CF-CF area  velocity coding (Doppler shift)
 CF-CF neurons Doppler shift tuned, in
columns
 CF1- CF2  compares 30 vs 61 kHz tones
 CF1- CF3  compares 30 vs 92 kHz tones
NEURAL MECHANISMS
 CF-CF area  velocity coding (Doppler shift)
 columns map relative velocity coordinates
 -2  +9 m/s
 most 0  +4 m/s (biologically relevant)
NEURAL MECHANISMS
 mustached bat
 FM-FM area 
distance & size coding
 CF-CF area 
velocity coding
 DSCF area 
Doppler shifted CF2
NEURAL MECHANISMS
 DSCF area  Doppler shifted CF2 signals
 60.6  62.2 kHz
 signal @ 61 kHz
 neurons tuned for freq.
& amplitude of echo
 cortical acoustic fovea
 disruption  no
influence on delay
discrimination
NEURAL MECHANISMS
 why harmonics ?
 many bats & signals
 H2 > H3 > H4 > H1
 fundamental H1 weak
 only heard by sender
 vs other harmonics
 ~ dual password
MOTH RESPONSES TO PREDATION
 why are there any moths left ?
 moths hear  rate signals
 early stages (...6)
 moth hears pulse
before bat hears echo
 fly in opposite
direction
MOTH RESPONSES TO PREDATION
 why are there any moths left ?
 moths hear  rate signals
 late stages (9...)
 moth hears pulse
after detection
 moths dive 
ground & shelter
 erratic flight 
confusing echo
SUMMARY
 bats echolocate to
 navigate
 locate, identify, track &
capture prey (flying insects)
 2 kinds of signals
 FM, broad band, short duration (< 5 ms)
 CF, narrow band, long duration (5 – 100 ms)
 complex analyses of emitted calls & returning
echos
SUMMARY
 complex analyses of emitted calls & returning
echos
 FM call-echo delay  distance
 echo amplitude (volume)  angular size
 distance + amplitude  absolute size
 spatial location...
 binaural comparisons  azimuth
 amplitude @ different ear positions 
horizontal
SUMMARY
 acoustic fovea
 narrow CF range  Doppler shift analyses
 overrepresented throughout auditory system
 Doppler shift compensation of call 
echo in acoustic fovea
 3 stages of hunting ~ # pulses / s (resolution of
target)
 search @ ~ 10 Hz
 approach @ ~ 50 Hz
 terminal @ ~ 100-200 Hz
SUMMARY
 auditory specializations  echolocation
 acoustic fovea  Doppler shifted CF echoes
 basilar membrane (cochlea)  expanded AF
range
 nuc. of lateral lemniscus  attenuate FM calls
 inferior colliculus  responds to FM echo
delays
 medial geniculate nuc.  call-echo coincidence
detection & relay to auditory cortex
SUMMARY
 flow diagram
 basilar
membrane

expanded AF
 inferior colliculus
 FM echo delays
 med. geniculate
nuc.
 FM
coincidence
 auditory cortex
SUMMARY
 auditory specializations  echolocation
 auditory cortex  tonotopic maps
 FM-FM area  distance information map
onto freq. & delay-sensitive columns of neurons
 CF-CF area  velocity information maps
onto Doppler shift-sensitive columns of neurons
 DCSF area  velocity information maps
onto AF range of Doppler shift-sensitive neurons
SUMMARY
 bat-moth co-evolution ... maintains
balance
 moths respond to bat signals
 signal rate  (approach), moths fly
away from signal
 signal rate  (terminal), moths
either
dive or fly irratically
 some emit pulses to jam bat radar
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