Hearing impairment induces frequency, specific adjustments in auditory spatial tuning in the optic tectum of young owls

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 82, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 2197-2209

  Gold, Joshua I ^a,b   Knudsen, Eric I ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; AUDITORY MASKING; AUDITORY ORIENTATION; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BIRD; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED AUDITORY RESPONSE; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; INFERIOR COLLICULUS; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; OPTIC TECTUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTIVE FIELD; SOUND INTENSITY; VISUAL ORIENTATION;

EID: 0032693865     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1999.82.5.2197     Document Type: Article

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