In the black cicada (C. atrata Fabricius ), the quiescent males are sensitive to stimulating sound pulses of about 70 dB (SPL); the latent periods and amplitudes of compound action potentials of the auditory nerve ( c...In the black cicada (C. atrata Fabricius ), the quiescent males are sensitive to stimulating sound pulses of about 70 dB (SPL); the latent periods and amplitudes of compound action potentials of the auditory nerve ( called"auditory nerve potential (AP)" for short) which are corresponding one by one to stimulating sound pulses are (3 92±0 28) ms and (0 32±0 22) mV on an average, respectively. Although the singing males are nonreactive to outside stimulating sound_pulses, they are still sensitive to calling pulses mingling in stimulating sound_pulses; the latent periods and amplitudes of auditory nerve potentials are (4 16±0 43) ms and (0 46±0 25) mV, respectively. In singing males the negative potential before each auditory nerve potential characterizes that the intrinsic link exists between sounding and auditory nerve system.展开更多
文摘In the black cicada (C. atrata Fabricius ), the quiescent males are sensitive to stimulating sound pulses of about 70 dB (SPL); the latent periods and amplitudes of compound action potentials of the auditory nerve ( called"auditory nerve potential (AP)" for short) which are corresponding one by one to stimulating sound pulses are (3 92±0 28) ms and (0 32±0 22) mV on an average, respectively. Although the singing males are nonreactive to outside stimulating sound_pulses, they are still sensitive to calling pulses mingling in stimulating sound_pulses; the latent periods and amplitudes of auditory nerve potentials are (4 16±0 43) ms and (0 46±0 25) mV, respectively. In singing males the negative potential before each auditory nerve potential characterizes that the intrinsic link exists between sounding and auditory nerve system.
