A gain-control mechanism for processing of chorus sounds in the afferent auditory pathway of the bushcricket Tettigonia viridissima (Orthoptera; Tettigoniidae)

Journal of Comparative Physiology - A Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology

Volumn 186, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 181-191

  Romer H ^a   Krusch, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Bushcricket; Chorusing; Gain control; Inhibition; Intensity

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; GRYLLIDAE; INSECTA; ORTHOPTERA; TETTIGONIA VIRIDISSIMA; TETTIGONIIDAE;

EID: 0038040472     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003590050018     Document Type: Article

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