ArticleJournal of comparative physiology. A, Neuroethology, sensory, neural, and behavioral physiology2016
Sex differences and endocrine regulation of auditory-evoked, neural responses in African clawed frogs (Xenopus).
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- Auditory sensitivity exhibits sexual dimorphism and seasonal plasticity in music frogs.Journal of comparative physiology. A, Neuroethology, sensory, neural, and behavioral physiology · 2018Article
- Frequency sensitivity in Northern saw-whet owls (Aegolius acadicus).Journal of comparative physiology. A, Neuroethology, sensory, neural, and behavioral physiology · 2018Article
- Probing forebrain to hindbrain circuit functions in Xenopus.Genesis (New York, N.Y. : 2000) · 2017Review
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Abstract
Mating depends on the accurate detection of signals that convey species identity and reproductive state. In African clawed frogs, Xenopus, this information is conveyed by vocal signals that differ in temporal patterns and spectral features between sexes and across species. We characterized spectral sensitivity using auditory-evoked potentials (AEPs), commonly known as the auditory brainstem response, in males and females of four Xenopus species. In female X. amieti, X. petersii, and X. laevis, peripheral auditory sensitivity to their species own dyad-two, species-specific dominant frequencies in the male advertisement call-is enhanced relative to males. Males were most sensitive to lower frequencies including those in the male-directed release calls. Frequency sensitivity was influenced by endocrine state; ovariectomized females had male-like auditory tuning while dihydrotestosterone-treated, ovariectomized females maintained female-like tuning. Thus, adult, female Xenopus demonstrate an endocrine-dependent sensitivity to the spectral features of conspecific male advertisement calls that could facilitate mating. Xenopus AEPs resemble those of other species in stimulus and level dependence, and in sensitivity to anesthetic (MS222). AEPs were correlated with body size and sex within some species. A frequency following response, probably encoded by the amphibian papilla, might facilitate dyad source localization via interaural time differences.
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