Frequency tuning, latencies, and responses to frequency-modulated sweeps in the inferior colliculus of the echolocating bat, Eptesicus fuscus

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

Volumn 182, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 65-79

  Ferragamo, M J ^a,b   Haresign, T ^a,c   Simmons, J A ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of Wisconsin Health   (United States)

^c RICHARD STOCKTON COLLEGE OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bats; Biosonar; Echolocation; Inferior colliculus; Target ranging

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; EPTESICUS; EPTESICUS FUSCUS; MUS;

EID: 0031939083     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003590050159     Document Type: Article

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