Interaural delay sensitivity and the classification of low best- frequency binaural responses in the inferior colliculus of the guinea pig

Hearing Research

Volumn 97, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 136-152

  McAlpine, David ^a   Jiang, Dan ^a   Palmer, Alan R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Binaural responsiveness; Characteristic delay; Characteristic phase; Inferior colliculus; Interaural delay

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BINAURAL HEARING; FACILITATION; GUINEA PIG; INFERIOR COLLICULUS; MONAURAL HEARING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANIMALS; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; GUINEA PIGS; INFERIOR COLLICULUS; NEURONS;

EID: 0030218540     PISSN: 03785955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-5955(96)00068-8     Document Type: Article

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