Neural selectivity and tuning for sinusoidal frequency modulations in the inferior colliculus of the big brown bat, Eptesicus fuscus

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 1595-1605

  Casseday, John H ^a   Covey, Ellen ^b   Grothe, Benedikt ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOLOCATION; FEMALE; FREQUENCY MODULATION; INFERIOR COLLICULUS; MALE; NOISE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURE TONE AUDIOMETRY; SOUND;

EID: 0030949554     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1997.77.3.1595     Document Type: Article

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