Tuning curves of frog amphibian papilla nerve by single cycle sine wave

1978 ◽  
Vol 64 (S1) ◽  
pp. S85-S85
Author(s):  
T. Sugai ◽  
H. Ooyama ◽  
J. Yano ◽  
S. Sawada
Keyword(s):  
Sine Wave ◽  
Single Cycle ◽  
Tuning Curves ◽  
Amphibian Papilla

Electrosensory thresholds in larvae of the weakly electric fish Pollimyrus isidori (Mormyridae, Teleostei) during ontogeny

1995 ◽  
Vol 198 (3) ◽  
pp. 783-791
Author(s):  
M Postner ◽  
B Kramer
Keyword(s):  
Pulse Duration ◽  
Electric Organ Discharge ◽  
Electric Organ ◽  
Sine Wave ◽  
Age Group ◽  
Single Cycle ◽  
Stimulus Pulse ◽  
Square Wave ◽  
Tuning Curves ◽  
Electrical Stimuli

Electrosensory thresholds and tuning were determined from behavioural studies in larvae of Pollimyrus isidori using the stop response of their electric organ discharge to weak electrical stimuli. Two age groups were studied: (1) 10- to 15-day-old larvae in which the electric organ discharge (EOD), produced by a distinct larval electric organ, had just stabilized; (2) 54- to 60-day-old larvae, just before the advent of the adult EOD (an adult electric organ functionally replaces that of the larva between about 60 and 80 days). Three stimulus pulse waveforms were used: (1) single-cycle, bipolar sine-wave pulses; (2) single-cycle, monopolar sine-wave pulses and (3) monopolar square-wave pulses. The younger larvae were exceedingly sensitive to weak electrical stimuli, down to the 10 µVp­p cm-1 range. Stimulus pulse duration had a significant effect on threshold for all three pulse waveforms, but the shapes of the tuning curves were quite different. Thresholds at the 'best' pulse duration were lower and the tuning sharper (with a V-shaped curve) with monopolar sine-wave pulses than with bipolar sine-wave pulses. The 'best' pulse duration was 1 ms for both sine-wave pulses, corresponding well to the spectral peak amplitude of larval EODs (964±22 Hz). The threshold curve for monopolar sine-wave pulses appeared to be perfectly adapted for sensing larval rather than adult EODs. With square-pulse stimuli, thresholds increased monotonically with duration and there was no evidence of tuning for this kind of stimulus. These results suggest that both conventional spectral tuning and 'tuning' to a particular pulse waveform (with a monopolar sine-wave pulse best approximating the waveform of a larval discharge) are found in young larvae. In the older age group, larvae were more sensitive to all three kinds of stimuli than those of the younger age group. The sensitivity increase varied from 10 dB to 29 dB; at stimuli of 2.4 µVp­p cm-1, larvae just 18 mm long displayed adult sensitivity. No tuning was seen for square-wave pulses and, as in younger larvae, their effectiveness increased monotonically with duration, so that for neither age group are square-wave pulses a good model for larval EODs. The threshold curves for both types of sine-wave pulse were similar and resembled the broadband tuning curves of Knollenorgan electroreceptors. Tuning was present but weak, with sensitivity for the high-frequency range much greater than for younger larvae. This change is adaptive for sensing both larval and adult EODs and occurred before the larvae developed an adult EOD. The mechanism for a change in tuning that has been established for electroreceptors in adult mormyrids and gymnotiforms, where the spectral properties of the EOD of a fish entrain its electroreceptors, is not found in the larvae of Pollimyrus isidori, which 'anticipate' the tuning necessary for the reception of their own, future adult EOD.

Long-term dysfunctions of neural stereoscopic mechanisms after unilateral extraocular muscle proprioceptive deafferentation

1993 ◽  
Vol 69 (5) ◽  
pp. 1513-1529 ◽  
Author(s):  
Y. Trotter ◽  
S. Celebrini ◽  
J. C. Beaux ◽  
B. Grandjean ◽  
M. Imbert
Keyword(s):  
Cortical Neurons ◽  
Extraocular Muscle ◽  
Dynamic Range ◽  
Stimulus Change ◽  
Phase Relationship ◽  
Sine Wave ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Tuning Curves ◽  
Complex Cells ◽  
Clear Cut

1. Neural correlates of the permanent deficits in depth perception that occur when extraocular muscle proprioceptive (EMP) afferents are interrupted unilaterally in kittens were investigated by performing extracellular recordings in the primary visual cortex (area 17) in adulthood. Unilateral section of the ophthalmic branch of the trigeminal nerve (V1 nerve) were performed in 11 cats when they were between 5 and 12 weeks of age (uni-V1 group). Electrophysiological results were compared with those obtained in 17 normal adult cats (control group). 2. Binocular interactions were assessed by testing the sensitivity of cortical neurons to dichoptic presentations of moving sine-wave gratings whose interocular positional phase relationship was randomly varied. The amplitude modulation between the minimum and the maximum binocular responses defined the dynamic range. The degree of binocular suppression or facilitation was assessed by comparing these binocular response limits with the optimal monocular responses evoked through either eye at the best spatial frequency. The variability of both monocular and binocular responses was estimated by using the variation coefficient. 3. In uni-V1 cats, both the dynamic range and the degree of binocular suppression were significantly less pronounced than in controls, whereas binocular facilitation was not affected. The variability of the binocular responses was significantly increased, unlike monocular responses, whose variability was similar to control values. 4. From Fourier analysis of the poststimulus time histograms, two clear-cut categories of cells emerged that were differentially affected in the uni-V1 group. The "modulated" cells showed significantly less binocular suppression than in controls, and the "unmodulated" cells had binocular responses that were significantly more variable than in controls. Results from "simple" cells were similar to those of modulated cells, and results from "complex" cells were similar to those of unmodulated cells. However, in the unmodulated population, which was composed of both simple and complex cells, it was shown that the increase of variability was due to that of complex cells. 5. A nonparametric statistical test was applied on the interocular phase shift tuning curves to determine the minimum stimulus change necessary to elicit a significant change in the neural response. Two categories of cells were determined: the "discriminative" cells (80% in controls but 45% in uni-V1 cats) combined pronounced binocular suppression and dynamic range with relatively low variability. The reverse was true in the case of "nondiscriminative" cells (20% in controls and 55% in uni-V1 cats). 6. In uni-V1 cats, about half of the cells were monocularly activated.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 400 WORDS)

Noise-Induced Tuning Curve Changes in Mechanoreceptors

1998 ◽  
Vol 79 (4) ◽  
pp. 1879-1890 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chandra Ivey ◽  
A. Vania Apkarian ◽  
Dante R. Chialvo
Keyword(s):  
Tuning Curve ◽  
Signal To Noise Ratio ◽  
Signal Transmission ◽  
Low Frequency ◽  
External Noise ◽  
Sine Wave ◽  
Tuning Curves ◽  
Large Expansion ◽  
Typical Shape ◽  
Noise Input

Ivey, Chandra, A. Vania Apkarian, and Dante R. Chialvo. Noise-induced tuning curve changes in mechanoreceptors. J. Neurophysiol. 79: 1879–1890, 1998. Fibers from the tibial nerve of rat were isolated and spike activity recorded using monopolar hook electrodes. The receptive field (RF) of each recorded unit on the glabrous skin of the foot was mechanically stimulated with waveforms comprised of various frequency sine waves in addition to increasing levels of white noise. Single-unit responses were recorded for both rapidly adapting (RA) and slowly adapting (SA) units. Signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) of the output was quantified by the correlation coefficient ( C 1) between the input sine wave and the nerve responses. The addition of noise enhanced signal transmission in both RA and SA fibers. With increasing noise, the initially inverted “V”-shaped, zero-noise tuning curves for RA fibers broadened and eventually inverted. There was a large expansion of the frequencies that the RA receptor responded to with increasing noise input. On the other hand, the typical shape of the SA fiber tuning curves remained invariant, at all noise levels tested. C 1 values continued to increase with larger noise input for higher frequencies, but did not do so at the lowest frequencies. For both RA and SA fibers the responses with added noise tended to be rate modulated at the low-frequency end, and followed nonlinear stochastic resonance (SR) properties at the higher frequencies. The changes in the tuning properties due to noise found here, as well as preliminary psychophysics data, imply that external noise is relevant for sensing small periodic signals in the environment. All current models of sensory perception assume that the tuning properties of receptors determined in the absence of noise are preserved during everyday tasks. Our results indicate that this is not true in a noisy environment.

Effects of sine wave contexts on compensation for coarticulation

2009 ◽  
Author(s):  
Navin Viswanathan ◽  
James S. Magnuson ◽  
Carol A. Fowler
Keyword(s):  
Sine Wave

Logic Test of Single Cycle Access Structure

2012 ◽  
Vol 2 (11) ◽  
pp. 203-205
Author(s):  
S. Ali Ahmed S. Ali Ahmed ◽  
◽  
Syed Jahangir Badashah ◽  
A. Farooq Hussain
Keyword(s):  
Access Structure ◽  
Single Cycle

Recent Studies of Tire Braking Performance

1973 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 121-137 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. L. McCarty ◽  
T. J. W. Leland
Keyword(s):  
Steady State ◽  
Rapid Cycling ◽  
Single Cycle ◽  
Steering Angle ◽  
Slip Ratio ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Braking Performance ◽  
Constant Rate

Abstract The results from recent studies of some factors affecting tire braking and cornering performance are presented together with a discussion of the possible application of these results to the design of aircraft braking systems. The first part of the paper is concerned with steady-state braking, that is, results from tests conducted at a constant slip ratio or steering angle or both. The second part deals with cyclic braking tests, both single cycle, where brakes are applied at a constant rate until wheel lockup is achieved, and rapid cycling of the brakes under control of a currently operational antiskid system.

High-precision Steady Speed Flywheel System based on Sine Wave Drive

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Enyu Ma ◽  
Hui Zhao ◽  
Shuo Chen ◽  
Shuai Wang ◽  
Xin Huo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
High Precision ◽  
Sine Wave ◽  
Wave Drive

Trombone Transfer Functions: Comparison Between Frequency-Swept Sine Wave and Human Performer Input

2012 ◽  
Vol 37 (4) ◽  
pp. 447-454
Author(s):  
James W. Beauchamp
Keyword(s):  
Transfer Function ◽  
Transfer Functions ◽  
Cutoff Frequency ◽  
Sine Wave ◽  
Nonlinear Propagation ◽  
Linear Filter ◽  
Wave System ◽  
General Effect ◽  
Filter Characteristic ◽  
High Pass

Abstract Source/filter models have frequently been used to model sound production of the vocal apparatus and musical instruments. Beginning in 1968, in an effort to measure the transfer function (i.e., transmission response or filter characteristic) of a trombone while being played by expert musicians, sound pressure signals from the mouthpiece and the trombone bell output were recorded in an anechoic room and then subjected to harmonic spectrum analysis. Output/input ratios of the signals’ harmonic amplitudes plotted vs. harmonic frequency then became points on the trombone’s transfer function. The first such recordings were made on analog 1/4 inch stereo magnetic tape. In 2000 digital recordings of trombone mouthpiece and anechoic output signals were made that provide a more accurate measurement of the trombone filter characteristic. Results show that the filter is a high-pass type with a cutoff frequency around 1000 Hz. Whereas the characteristic below cutoff is quite stable, above cutoff it is extremely variable, depending on level. In addition, measurements made using a swept-sine-wave system in 1972 verified the high-pass behavior, but they also showed a series of resonances whose minima correspond to the harmonic frequencies which occur under performance conditions. For frequencies below cutoff the two types of measurements corresponded well, but above cutoff there was a considerable difference. The general effect is that output harmonics above cutoff are greater than would be expected from linear filter theory, and this effect becomes stronger as input pressure increases. In the 1990s and early 2000s this nonlinear effect was verified by theory and measurements which showed that nonlinear propagation takes place in the trombone, causing a wave steepening effect at high amplitudes, thus increasing the relative strengths of the upper harmonics.

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