Coding of sound pressure level in the barn owl's auditory nerve

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 19, Issue 21, 1999, Pages 9674-9686

  Köppl, Christine ^a   Yates, Graeme ^b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Basilar papilla; Bird; Cochlea; Hearing; Intensity function; Interaural intensity difference; Rate

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; COCHLEAR NERVE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HEARING; NONHUMAN; OWL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SOUND DETECTION; SOUND PRESSURE;

EID: 0342635465     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.19-21-09674.1999     Document Type: Article

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