Processing of sinusoidally frequency modulated signals in the nuclei of the lateral lemniscus of the big brown bat, Eptesicus fuscus

Hearing Research

Volumn 126, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 161-180

  Huffman, Russell F ^a   Argeles, Pablo C ^a   Covey, Ellen ^a,b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Auditory brainstem; Bat; Echolocation; Frequency modulation; Nuclei of the lateral lemniscus; Temporal processing

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BAT; BRAIN NUCLEUS; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN STEM; COCHLEAR NUCLEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICAL SYNCHRONIZATION; ECHOLOCATION; FEMALE; FREQUENCY MODULATION; INFERIOR COLLICULUS; LATERAL LEMNISCUS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANIMALS; AUDITORY PATHWAYS; BRAIN STEM; CHIROPTERA; ECHOLOCATION; FEMALE; MALE; NEURONS; REACTION TIME;

EID: 0032439837     PISSN: 03785955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-5955(98)00165-8     Document Type: Article

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