Axons from anteroventral cochlear nucleus that terminate in medial superior olive of cat: Observations related to delay lines

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 3146-3161

  Beckius, Gretchen E ^a   Batra, Ranjan ^a   Oliver, Douglas L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Auditory pathways; Binaural hearing; Cat; Conduction velocity; Interaural timing differences; Superior olivary complex

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NERVE FIBER; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BINAURAL HEARING; CAT; COCHLEAR NERVE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NERVE CONDUCTION; SUPERIOR OLIVARY NUCLEUS;

EID: 0033561122     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.19-08-03146.1999     Document Type: Article

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