Corticofugal control of central auditory sensitivity in the big brown bat, Eptesicus fuscus

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 212, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 131-134

  Sun, Xinde ^a,b   Chen, Qi Cai ^a,c   Jen, Philip H S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c CENTRAL CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Bats; Corticofugal regulation; Inferior colliculus; Spatial sensitivity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUDITORY SYSTEM; BAT; ELECTROSTIMULATION; INFERIOR COLLICULUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SOUND DETECTION;

EID: 0030581104     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0304-3940(96)12788-9     Document Type: Article

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