Temporal modulation transfer functions in auditory receptor fibres of the locust (Locusta migratoria L.)

Journal of Comparative Physiology A: Neuroethology, Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology

Volumn 188, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 577-587

  Prinz, P ^a   Ronacher, B ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Amplitude modulation; Auditory receptor; Gap detection; Temperature; Temporal resolution

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; COLD; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EVOKED AUDITORY RESPONSE; GANGLION; GRASSHOPPER; HEARING; HEAT; PHYSIOLOGY; SENSORY RECEPTOR;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANIMALS; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; COLD; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY; GANGLIA, INVERTEBRATE; GRASSHOPPERS; HEAT; RECEPTORS, SENSORY;

EID: 0036707333     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00359-002-0333-7     Document Type: Article

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