Degenerate hearing and sound localization in naked mole rats (Heterocephalus glaber), with an overview of central auditory structures

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 331, Issue 3, 1993, Pages 418-433

  Heffner, Rickye S ^a   Heffner, Henry E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

Author keywords

chinchilla; communication; evolution; ganglion cells; retina; subterranean; temporal integration; vision

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUDITORY NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHINCHILLA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGENERATION; EVOLUTION; HEARING LOSS; MOLE RAT; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA; RETINA GANGLION CELL; SOUND DETECTION; SOUND PRESSURE; VISION; VISUAL ACUITY;

ANIMAL; AUDITORY PATHWAYS; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; BRAIN STEM; CELL COUNT; HEARING TESTS; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; RODENTIA; SOUND LOCALIZATION; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0027311909     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: 10969861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.903310311     Document Type: Article

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