Detection of short pure-tone stimuli in the noctuid ear: What are temporal integration and integration time all about?

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

Volumn 183, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 563-572

  Tougaard, J ^a,b  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

A1 sensory cell; Hearing; Insect; Threshold; Time constant

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031789786     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003590050282     Document Type: Article

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