Neural tuning to sound duration in the inferior colliculus of the big brown bat, Eptesicus fuscus

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 77, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 2360-2372

  Ehrlich, Daphna ^a,b   Casseday, John H ^a,c   Covey, Ellen ^a,c  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b University of Washington ^*  (Israel)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BAT; FEMALE; FREQUENCY DISCRIMINATION; HISTOLOGY; INFERIOR COLLICULUS; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUND; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

EID: 0030986592     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1997.77.5.2360     Document Type: Article

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