Neural inhibition sharpens auditory spatial selectivity of bat inferior collicular neurons

Journal of Comparative Physiology - A Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology

Volumn 186, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 389-398

  Zhou, X M ^a   Jen, P H S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Auditory spatial selectivity; Bat; Directional slope; Inferior colliculus; Two tone inhibition

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034067242     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003590050438     Document Type: Article

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