Neurons with different temporal firing patterns in the inferior colliculus of the little brown bat differentially process sinusoidal amplitude-modulated signals

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

Volumn 178, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 147-157

  Condon, C J ^a,b   White, K R ^a   Feng, A S ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Amplitude modulation; Bat; Echolocation; Inferior colliculus; Passive hearing

Indexed keywords

MYOTIS LUCIFUGUS; ANIMALIA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BAT; ECHOLOCATION; HEARING; INFERIOR COLLICULUS; NERVE CELL; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; CHIROPTERA; ECHOLOCATION; HEARING; INFERIOR COLLICULUS; NEURONS;

EID: 0030087757     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00188158     Document Type: Article

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