Spectral cues for sound localization in cats: A model for discharge rate representations in the auditory nerve

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 101, Issue 5 I, 1997, Pages 2705-2719

  May, Bradford J ^a,b   Huang, Aileen Y ^a,c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY DISCRIMINATION; CAT; COCHLEAR NERVE; NERVE CONDUCTION; NOISE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUND DETECTION;

ANIMALS; CATS; EAR, EXTERNAL; MODELS, ANATOMIC; SOUND LOCALIZATION; VESTIBULOCOCHLEAR NERVE;

EID: 0030953284     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.418559     Document Type: Article

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