Responses of neurons in the inferior colliculus to dynamic interaural phase cues: Evidence for a mechanism of binaural adaptation

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 83, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 1356-1365

  McAlpine, David ^a   Jiang, Dan ^a   Shackleton, Trevor M ^a   Palmer, Alan R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY NERVOUS SYSTEM; BINAURAL HEARING; GUINEA PIG; INFERIOR COLLICULUS; MESENCEPHALON; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0034103595     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.2000.83.3.1356     Document Type: Article

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