Some aspects of the auditory pathway and audition in the european mole, talpa europaea

Brain, Behavior and Evolution

Volumn 21, Issue 2-3, 1982, Pages 49-59

  Aitkin, L M ^a   Horseman, B G ^b   Bush, B M H ^b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Auditory pathway; Hearing; Mole

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; AUDITORY SYSTEM; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; COCHLEAR NUCLEUS; HEARING; MAMMAL; MEDIAL GENICULATE BODY; NONHUMAN; SUPERIOR OLIVARY NUCLEUS;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANIMAL; AUDITORY PATHWAYS; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; BRAIN STEM; COCHLEAR NERVE; FEMALE; GENICULATE BODIES; INFERIOR COLLICULUS; INSECTIVORA; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; MOLES; NEURONS; PITCH DISCRIMINATION;

EID: 0020361556     PISSN: 00068977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000121616     Document Type: Article

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