Neuronal encoding of sound direction in the auditory midbrain of the rainbow trout

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 77, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 3060-3074

  Wubbels, R J ^a   Schellart, N A M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIRECTIONAL HEARING; MESENCEPHALON; NONHUMAN; OTOLITH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAINBOW TROUT; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

EID: 0030759691     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1997.77.6.3060     Document Type: Article

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