Age-related changes in auditory spatial properties of the guinea pig superior colliculus

Brain Research

Volumn 788, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 60-68

  Ingham, Neil J ^a   Thornton, Sally K ^a   Withington, Deborah J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ageing; Auditory; Inferior colliculus; Sound localization; Superior colliculus

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; AUDITORY SYSTEM; GUINEA PIG; NOISE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUND DETECTION; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS;

AGING; ANIMALS; AUDITORY PATHWAYS; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; BRAIN MAPPING; GUINEA PIGS; SOUND LOCALIZATION; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS;

EID: 0032579876     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(97)01513-8     Document Type: Article

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