Spatial tuning of neurons in the inferior colliculus of the big brown bat: Effects of sound level, stimulus type and multiple sound sources

Journal of Comparative Physiology - A Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology

Volumn 179, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 89-102

  Grothe, B ^a   Covey, E ^b   Casseday, J H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Eptesicus fuscus; Free field sound; Multiple sound sources; Sinusoidal frequency modulations; Sound localization

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; EPTESICUS FUSCUS;

EID: 0029831371     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00193437     Document Type: Article

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