Distribution of auditory motion-direction sensitive neurons in the barn owl's midbrain

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

Volumn 188, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 705-713

  Wagner, H ^a,b   Von Campenhausen, M ^b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL CYBERNETICS   (Germany)

^b RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Auditory motion; Inferior colliculus; Midbrain; Optic tectum; Sound localization

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BRAIN MAPPING; HEARING; HISTOLOGY; MESENCEPHALON; METHODOLOGY; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; OWL; PHYSIOLOGY; SENSORY NERVE CELL;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANIMALS; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; BRAIN MAPPING; MESENCEPHALON; MOTION PERCEPTION; NEURONS, AFFERENT; STRIGIFORMES;

EID: 0036826246     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00359-002-0342-6     Document Type: Article

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