Anatomical evidence for binaural processing in the descending octaval nucleus of the toadfish (Opsanus tau)

Hearing Research

Volumn 123, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 41-54

  Edds Walton, Peggy L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Auditory circuit; Binaural hearing; Directional hearing; Fish hearing

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUDITORY NERVOUS SYSTEM; BINAURAL HEARING; FISH; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MESENCEPHALON; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VESTIBULAR NUCLEUS;

ANIMALS; AUDITORY PATHWAYS; FISHES; FLUORESCENT DYES; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; NEURONS, AFFERENT; SEMICIRCULAR CANALS;

EID: 0032168494     PISSN: 03785955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-5955(98)00097-5     Document Type: Article

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