Auditory motion induces directionally dependent receptive field shifts in inferior colliculus neurons

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 79, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 2040-2062

  Wilson, Willard W ^a,b   O'Neill, William E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUDITORY SYSTEM; BAT; INFERIOR COLLICULUS; MOTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTIVE FIELD; SPATIAL ORIENTATION;

EID: 0031896722     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1998.79.4.2040     Document Type: Article

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