Binaural inhibition is important in shaping the free-field frequency selectivity of single neurons in the inferior colliculus

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 2580-2594

  Gooler, David M ^a   Xu, Jinghua ^b   Feng, Albert S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BINAURAL HEARING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIRECTIONAL HEARING; FREQUENCY MODULATION; FROG; INFERIOR COLLICULUS; MALE; MONAURAL HEARING; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTIVE FIELD;

EID: 0029907566     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1996.76.4.2580     Document Type: Article

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