Temporal selectivity for complex signals by single neurons in the torus semicircularis of Pleurodema thaul (Amphibia: Leptodactylidae)

Journal of Comparative Physiology - A Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology

Volumn 180, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 313-328

  Penna, Mario ^a   Lin, Wen Yu ^b   Feng, Albert S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Amplitude modulation; Anurans; Complex signals; Temporal selectivity; Torus semicircularis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; FROGS AND TOADS; MALE; NERVE CELL; PHYSIOLOGY;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANIMALS; ANURA; MALE; NEURONS;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; ANURA; LEPTODACTYLIDAE; PLEURODEMA THAUL;

EID: 0031127644     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003590050051     Document Type: Article

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