Acute sensitivity to interaural time differences in the inferior colliculus of a bat that relies on passive sound localization

Hearing Research

Volumn 109, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 46-62

  Fuzessery, Z M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

Bat; Binaural; Inferior colliculus; Interaural time difference; Sound localization; Time intensity trading

Indexed keywords

AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUDITORY SYSTEM; BAT; BINAURAL HEARING; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; INFERIOR COLLICULUS; NONHUMAN; PREDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUND DETECTION; SPATIAL ORIENTATION;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANIMALS; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CHIROPTERA; INFERIOR COLLICULUS; NEURONS; SOUND LOCALIZATION;

EID: 0030798438     PISSN: 03785955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-5955(97)00053-1     Document Type: Article

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