Abnormal auditory experience induces frequency-specific adjustments in unit tuning for binaural localization cues in the optic tectum of juvenile owls

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 862-877

  Gold, Joshua I ^a,b   Knudsen, Eric I ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Auditory plasticity; Development; Hearing impairment; Sound localization; Superior colliculus; Tyto alba

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BINAURAL HEARING; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; NONHUMAN; OPTIC TECTUM; OWL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUND DETECTION;

EID: 0034651091     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.20-02-00862.2000     Document Type: Article

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