Early visual experience shapes the representation of auditory space in the forebrain gaze fields of the Barn owl

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 2326-2336

  Miller, Greg L ^a,b   Knudsen, Eric I ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Archistriatum; Barn owl; Experience dependent plasticity; Forebrain; Gaze control; Sound localization

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; AUDITORY CORTEX; AUDITORY ORIENTATION; AUDITORY RESPONSE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BINAURAL HEARING; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SINGLE UNIT ACTIVITY; SOUND DETECTION; SOUND TRANSMISSION; VISUAL ADAPTATION; VISUAL FIELD;

EID: 0033560077     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.19-06-02326.1999     Document Type: Article

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