Interaural time difference discrimination thresholds for single neurons in the inferior colliculus of guinea pigs

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 716-724

  Shackleton, Trevor M ^a   Skottun, Bernt C ^b   Arnott, Robert H ^a   Palmer, Alan R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b Skottun Research   (United States)

Author keywords

Binaural; Discrimination threshold; Guinea pig; Inferior colliculus; Interaural time difference; ITD; Jnd

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN; PROTEIN JND; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; URETHAN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BINAURAL HEARING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; GUINEA PIG; INFERIOR COLLICULUS; NERVE CELL; NOISE REDUCTION; NONHUMAN; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SPIKE; VARIANCE;

EID: 0037439810     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.23-02-00716.2003     Document Type: Article

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