An analysis of the relationship between the response characteristics and topography of directional- and non-directional auditory neurons in the torus semicircularis of the rainbow trout

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 201, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 1947-1958

  Wubbels, R J ^a   Schellart, N A M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Auditory system; Directional hearing; Hearing; Oncorhynchus mykiss; Rainbow trout; Topography; Torus semicircularis

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031853233     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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