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The characteristic features of the auditory neurons responses in terrestrial vertebrates to species-specific communication calls (analytical review)

© 2024 N. G. Bibikov

N.N. Andreev Acoustic Institute 117036, Moscow, Shvernik str., 4, Russia
A. A. Kharkevich Institute of Information Transmission Problems of the Russian Academy of Sciences 127051, Moscow, Bolshoy Karetny Lane,19, Russia

Received 03 Jan 2024

One of the main functions of sensory systems is the implementation of intraspecific communication, which often occurs through the exchange of communication calls. It is quite natural that the hypothesis arises that the radiation and reception of these signals should be coordinated. There is usually a certain similarity in the characteristics of specific communication sounds and the receiving devices of an auditory analyzer. However, the degree of such correspondence in the neural structures of the brain remains a subject of debate. The review examines studies aimed at solving the issue of specialized encoding of such signals in the brains of various terrestrial vertebrates, ranging from tailless amphibians to primates. For decades, researchers have been searching for neurons in the direct auditory pathway that could serve as detectors of communication signals. However, an analysis of the extensive literature does not reveal the existence of any clearly defined area of the direct auditory pathway that would be specialized for analyzing this category of sounds. It seems that the functional significance of the neurons of this pathway consists of highlighting many features of the temporal flow within the entire perceived spectral composition of sound. This process is carried out on the trained synaptic connections in the process of permanent evolution, determined by the sensory environment. Dynamically organized ensembles of neurons can be formed in the central parts of the direct auditory pathway, synchronously reacting to the action of a certain sound. It is precisely such ensembles that can be considered as output structures of an auditory analyzer, which can determine the perception and the corresponding motor reactions.

Key words: communication calls, direct auditory pathway, neuronal detectors, evolution

DOI: 10.31857/S0235009224020017  EDN: DDVFSN

Cite: Bibikov N. G. K voprosu o spetsifike reaktsii neironov slukhovoi sistemy nazemnykh pozvonochnykh na vidovye kommunikatsionnye stimuly (analiticheskii obzor) [The characteristic features of the auditory neurons responses in terrestrial vertebrates to species-specific communication calls (analytical review)]. Sensornye sistemy [Sensory systems]. 2024. V. 38(2). P. 3–27 (in Russian). doi: 10.31857/S0235009224020017

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