Receptive fields and binaural interactions for virtual-space stimuli in the cat inferior colliculus

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 81, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 2833-2851

  Delgutte, Bertrand ^a,b   Joris, Philip X ^c,d   Litovsky, Ruth Y ^a,c,e   Yin, Tom C T ^c  

^a MASSACHUSETTS EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^e Boston University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NERVE FIBER; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; AUDITORY DISCRIMINATION; AUDITORY RESPONSE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BINAURAL HEARING; CAT; DIRECTIONAL HEARING; INFERIOR COLLICULUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTIVE FIELD; SOUND DETECTION; SOUND PRESSURE;

EID: 0033019110     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1999.81.6.2833     Document Type: Article

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