Interdependence of spatial and temporal coding in the auditory midbrain

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 83, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 2300-2314

  Koch, U ^a,b   Grothe, B ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF NEUROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; GLYCINE RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY NERVOUS SYSTEM; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BAT; BINAURAL HEARING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOLOCATION; MESENCEPHALON; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUND DETECTION; SPATIAL DISCRIMINATION; TIME;

EID: 0034087151     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.2000.83.4.2300     Document Type: Article

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