Single cortical neurons serve both echolocation and passive sound localization

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 1438-1442

  Razak, K A ^a   Fuzessery, Z M ^a   Lohuis, T D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BAT; BEHAVIOR; BINAURAL HEARING; BRAIN CELL; ECHOLOCATION; INFERIOR COLLICULUS; MONAURAL HEARING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUND DETECTION;

EID: 0032978179     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1999.81.3.1438     Document Type: Article

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