Recovery Cycles of Neurons in the Inferior Colliculus, the Pontine Nuclei and the Auditory Cortex of the Big Brown Bat, Eptesicus Fuscus

Chinese Journal of Physiology

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 1-8

  Wu, Min ^b   Jen, Philip H S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Auditory cortex; Bat; Inferior colliculus; Pontine nuclei; Recovery cycle

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUDITORY CORTEX; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BAT; CYTOLOGY; DIFFERENTIAL THRESHOLD; EVOKED AUDITORY RESPONSE; INFERIOR COLLICULUS; METHODOLOGY; NERVE CELL; PHYSIOLOGY; PONS; REACTION TIME;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANIMALS; AUDITORY CORTEX; CHIROPTERA; DIFFERENTIAL THRESHOLD; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY; INFERIOR COLLICULUS; NEURONS; PONS; REACTION TIME;

EID: 0031616436     PISSN: 03044920     EISSN: 26660059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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