Anatomical and physiological investigation of auditory input to the superior colliculus of the echolocating megachiropteran bat Rousettus aegyptiacus

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 112, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 223-236

  Thiele, A ^a   Rubsamen R ^a,b   Hoffmann, K P ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Auditory connectivity; Auditory space map; Inferior colliculus; Megachiropteran bat; Superior colliculus

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; CLICK; ECHOLOCATION; INFERIOR COLLICULUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; VISUAL STIMULATION;

EID: 0029846595     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00227641     Document Type: Article

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