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doi:10.22028/D291-43700
Titel: | The vestigial pinna-orienting system in humans briefly suppresses superior auricular muscle activity during reflexive orienting toward auditory stimuli |
VerfasserIn: | Schroeer, Andreas Corona-Strauss, Farah I. Hannemann, Ronny Hackley, Steven A Strauss, Daniel J. |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Titel: | Journal of Neurophysiology |
Bandnummer: | 132 |
Heft: | 2 |
Seiten: | 514-526 |
Verlag/Plattform: | American Physiological Society (APS) |
Erscheinungsjahr: | 2024 |
Freie Schlagwörter: | auditory attention electromyography posterior auricular muscle superior auricular muscle |
DDC-Sachgruppe: | 570 Biowissenschaften, Biologie 610 Medizin, Gesundheit |
Dokumenttyp: | Journalartikel / Zeitschriftenartikel |
Abstract: | The vestigial pinna-orienting system in humans is capable of increasing the activity of several auricular muscles in response to lateralized transient auditory stimuli. For example, transient increases in electromyographic activity in the posterior auricular muscle (PAM) to an attention-capturing stimulus have been documented. For the current study, surface electromyograms (EMGs) were recorded from the PAMs and superior auricular muscles (SAMs) of 10 normal-hearing participants. During the experiments, lateralized transient auditory stimuli, such as a crying baby, a shattering vase, or the participant's first names, were presented. These transient stimuli were either presented in silence or when participants actively listened to a podcast. Although ipsilateral PAM activity increased in response to transient stimuli, the SAM displayed the opposite behavior, i.e., a brief, ipsilateral suppression of activity. This suppression of ipsilateral SAM activity was more frequent on the right (75%) than left side (35%), whereas an ipsilateral PAM increase was roughly equal in prevalence on the two sides (left: 90%, right: 95%). During the active listening task, SAM suppression on the right ear was significantly larger in response to ipsilateral stimuli, compared with contralateral ones (P = 0.002), whereas PAM activity increased significantly (P = 0.002). Overall, this study provides evidence of a systematic transient suppression of the SAM during exogenous attention. This could suggest a more complex system than previously assumed, as the presence of synchronized excitatory and inhibitory components in different auricular muscles points toward a coordinated attempt at reflexively orienting the pinna toward a sound. NEW & NOTEWORTHY This study provides evidence that two auricular muscles in humans, the posterior and superior auricular muscles (PAM, SAM), react fundamentally different to lateralized transient auditory stimuli, especially during active listening. Although the PAM reacts with a transient increase in ipsilateral activity, ongoing ipsilateral SAM activity is briefly suppressed at the same time. This indicates the presence of a more complex and nuanced pinna-orienting system, with synchronized excitatory and inhibitory components in humans, than previously suspected. |
DOI der Erstveröffentlichung: | 10.1152/jn.00024.2024 |
URL der Erstveröffentlichung: | https://journals.physiology.org/doi/full/10.1152/jn.00024.2024 |
Link zu diesem Datensatz: | urn:nbn:de:bsz:291--ds-437008 hdl:20.500.11880/39268 http://dx.doi.org/10.22028/D291-43700 |
ISSN: | 0022-3077 |
Datum des Eintrags: | 6-Jan-2025 |
Drittmittel / Förderung: | This work was partially funded by the European Union and the state of Saarland (European Regional Development Fund, ERDF), project Center for Digital Neurotechnologies Saar—CDNS. |
Fakultät: | M - Medizinische Fakultät |
Fachrichtung: | M - Medizintechnik M - Radiologie |
Professur: | M - Keiner Professur zugeordnet |
Sammlung: | SciDok - Der Wissenschaftsserver der Universität des Saarlandes |
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