Neurobiology of echolocation in bats

Current Opinion in Neurobiology

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 751-758

  Moss, Cynthia F ^a   Sinha, Shiva R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID;

ACOUSTICS; AUDITORY NERVOUS SYSTEM; BAT; CINGULATE GYRUS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; ECHOLOCATION; FREQUENCY MODULATION; HEARING; INFERIOR COLLICULUS; NEUROBIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PARABRACHIAL NUCLEUS; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIGNAL PROCESSING; TEGMENTUM;

EID: 0344255692     PISSN: 09594388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.conb.2003.10.016     Document Type: Review

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