Effects of altering spectral cues in infancy on horizontal and vertical sound localization by adult ferrets

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 82, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 2294-2309

  Parsons, Carl H ^a   Lanyon, Richard G ^a   Schnupp, Jan W H ^a   King, Andrew J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIRECTIONAL HEARING; EXTERNAL EAR; FEMALE; FERRET; INFANCY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUND DETECTION; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS;

EID: 0032716430     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1999.82.5.2294     Document Type: Article

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