Neuroethology deserves more study of evoked responses

摘要: Abstract Evoked potentials in humans and laboratory mammals have proven to be valuable not only clinical applications correlations with behavioral cognitive states, but as a reservoir of higher order physiological phenomena explained at the cellular level. Each these domains suggests heuristic application range zoological material, using species variable—animals more primitive nervous systems, those advanced special adaptations, or any ethological interest. Preliminary examples indicate several kinds questions for which evoked particular advantages. This commentary calls exploitation wide array electrophysiological recording methods neuroethological studies. Modalities submodalities sensory reception analysis, readily demonstrated behaviorally, well quantification sensitivity, dynamic range, discriminable stimuli, including natural complex patterns, interactions among stimuli states animal, effects conditioning events, masking, priming, hormonal, seasonal circadian changes can studied potentials. Physiological properties bases ethologically relevant anatomical structures pathways also by methods. An overview is provided methodological choices made, together some practical considerations, from types electrode placement data processing.