Convergent input from brainstem coincidence detectors onto delay- sensitive neurons in the inferior colliculus

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 18, Issue 15, 1998, Pages 6026-6039

  McAlpine, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Binaural hearing; Convergent binaural input; Inferior colliculus; Interaural phase differences; Phase plots; Suppressor tones

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUDIOMETRY; BINAURAL HEARING; GUINEA PIG; INFERIOR COLLICULUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUND INTENSITY;

EID: 0032145481     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.18-15-06026.1998     Document Type: Article

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