Laminar fine structure of frequency organization in auditory midbrain

Nature

Volumn 388, Issue 6640, 1997, Pages 383-386

  Schreiner, Christoph E ^a   Langner, Gerald ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUDITORY DISCRIMINATION; INFERIOR COLLICULUS; MESENCEPHALON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUND INTENSITY;

FELIS CATUS; LAMIINAE;

EID: 0030740959     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/41106     Document Type: Article

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