Physiology of the young adult Fischer 344 rat inferior colliculus: Responses to contralateral monaural stimuli

Hearing Research

Volumn 100, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 41-58

  Palombi, Peggy Shadduck ^a   Caspary, Donald M ^a  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

dynamic range; first spike latency; Fischer 344 rat; inferior colliculus; rate intensity function; receptive field

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; EVOKED BRAIN STEM AUDITORY RESPONSE; INFERIOR COLLICULUS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECEPTIVE FIELD; SINGLE UNIT ACTIVITY;

EID: 0030272541     PISSN: 03785955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-5955(96)00115-3     Document Type: Article

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