Contralateral inhibition as a sensory bias: The neural basis for a female preference in a synchronously calling bushcricket, Mecopoda elongata

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 15, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 1655-1662

  Römer, Heiner ^a   Hedwig, Berthold ^b   Ott, Swidbert R ^c  

^a Inst Zool an Karl Franzens Univ   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Audition; Call synchrony; Female choice; Sexual selection

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BINAURAL HEARING; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); INTERNEURON; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMALS; AUDITORY PATHWAYS; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; GRYLLIDAE; HEARING; INTERNEURONS; MALE; NEURAL INHIBITION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

EID: 0036460155     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9568.2002.02003.x     Document Type: Article

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