Timing in the auditory system of the bat

Annual Review of Physiology

Volumn 61, Issue , 1999, Pages 457-476

  Covey, Ellen ^a   Casseday, John H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Echolocation; Inferior colliculus; Neural computation; Nuclei of the lateral lemniscus; Temporal patterns

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NERVE FIBER; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; AUDITORY NERVOUS SYSTEM; BAT; BRAIN STEM; ECHOLOCATION; FREQUENCY MODULATION; HEARING; MESENCEPHALON; NONHUMAN; PERIODICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOUND; TIME PERCEPTION;

ANIMALS; AUDITORY PATHWAYS; BRAIN STEM; CHIROPTERA; INFERIOR COLLICULUS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0033003535     PISSN: 00664278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.physiol.61.1.457     Document Type: Review

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