Sound direction modifies the inhibitory as well as the excitatory frequency tuning characteristics of single neurons in the frog torus semicircularis (inferior colliculus)

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

Volumn 182, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 725-735

  Zhang, H ^a,b   Feng, A S ^c  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Frequency selectivity; Inferior colliculus; Leopard frog; Torus semicircularis; Two tone suppression

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FROG; INFERIOR COLLICULUS; MALE; NERVE CELL INHIBITION; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PHYSIOLOGY; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SOUND DETECTION;

ANIMALS; INFERIOR COLLICULUS; MALE; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEURONS, AFFERENT; RANA PIPIENS; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; SOUND LOCALIZATION;

ANIMALIA; ANURA; PANTHERA PARDUS;

EID: 0032103307     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003590050217     Document Type: Article

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