Sensitive periods for visual calibration of the auditory space map in the barn owl optic tectum

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 18, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 3929-3942

  Brainard, Michael S ^a,c   Knudsen, Eric I ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Auditory map; Auditory plasticity; Barn owl; Critical period; Optic tectum; Sensitive period; Sound localization; Space map; Superior colliculus; Tyto alba

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUDITORY NERVOUS SYSTEM; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; BIRD; CALIBRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; NONHUMAN; OPTIC TECTUM; PLASTICITY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRISM; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOUND DETECTION;

EID: 0032525178     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.18-10-03929.1998     Document Type: Article

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