A circuit for detection of interaural time differences in the brain stem of the barn owl

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 10, Issue 10, 1990, Pages 3227-3246

  Carr, C E ^a,b   Konishi, M ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BIRD; BRAIN STEM; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; HEARING; HISTOLOGY; NERVE CELL; NERVE FIBER; PHYSIOLOGY; SENSORY NERVE; SOUND DETECTION; TIME; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ACTION POTENTIALS; AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ANIMAL; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; AXONS; BIRDS; BRAIN STEM; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; NEURONS; SOUND LOCALIZATION; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0025499292     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.10-10-03227.1990     Document Type: Article

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