Midbrain combinatorial code for temporal and spectral information in concurrent acoustic signals

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 552-563

  Bodnar, D A ^a   Bass, A H ^a,b  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA DAVIS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY DISCRIMINATION; COURTSHIP; FISH; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MESENCEPHALON; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUND; WAVEFORM;

EID: 0033029996     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1999.81.2.552     Document Type: Article

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