Processing of interaural intensity differences in the LSO: Role of interaural threshold differences

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 77, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 2863-2878

  Park, T J ^a,c   Monsivais, P ^a,b   Pollak, G D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; BAT; CELL POPULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; MONAURAL HEARING; NERVE CONDUCTION; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPERIOR OLIVARY NUCLEUS; SYNAPTIC INHIBITION;

EID: 0030822789     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1997.77.6.2863     Document Type: Article

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