Arctiid moths and bat echolocation: Broad-band clicks interfere with neural responses to auditory stimuli in the nuclei of the lateral lemniscus of the big brown bat

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

Volumn 182, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 203-215

  Tougaard, J ^a   Casseday, J H ^b,c   Covey, E ^b,c  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Auditory brainstem; Electrophysiology; Jamming; Latency; Target ranging

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BAT; BRAIN; CYTOLOGY; ECHOLOCATION; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; FEMALE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; MALE; MOTH; PHYSIOLOGY; SENSORY NERVE CELL;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANIMALS; BRAIN; CHIROPTERA; ECHOLOCATION; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; MALE; MOTHS; NEURONS, AFFERENT;

ANIMALIA; ARCTIIDAE; EPTESICUS FUSCUS; INSECTA; LEMNISCUS; LEPIDOPTERA;

EID: 0032005825     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003590050171     Document Type: Article

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