Topographic projection from the optic tectum to the auditory space map in the inferior colliculus of the barn owl

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 421, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 146-160

  Hyde, Peter S ^a   Knudsen, Eric I ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Auditory development; Multimodal interaction; Sound localization; Superior colliculus

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY NERVOUS SYSTEM; AUDITORY SYSTEM; DENDRITE; DIRECTIONAL HEARING; INFERIOR COLLICULUS; NONHUMAN; OPTIC TECTUM; OWL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; TOPOGRAPHY; VISUAL INFORMATION;

ANIMALS; AUDITORY PATHWAYS; BIOTIN; DEXTRANS; FLUORESCENT DYES; INFERIOR COLLICULUS; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS; STRIGIFORMES; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS;

EID: 0034729415     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(20000529)421:2<146::AID-CNE2>3.0.CO;2-5     Document Type: Article

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