Representation of binaural spatial cues in Field L of the barn owl forebrain

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 879-890

  Cohen, Yale E ^a,b   Knudsen, Eric I ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUDITORY NERVOUS SYSTEM; BIRD; FOREBRAIN; INFERIOR COLLICULUS; INFORMATION PROCESSING; NOISE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031905767     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1998.79.2.879     Document Type: Article

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