Representation of Species-Specific Vocalizations in the Inferior Colliculus of the Guinea Pig

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 90, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 3794-3808

  Šuta, Daniel ^a,b   Kvašňák, Eugen ^a   Popelář, Jiří ^a   Syka, Josef ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Czech Republic)

^b CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GUINEA PIG; INFERIOR COLLICULUS; NOISE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUND; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; VOCALIZATION;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANIMALS; AUDITORY PATHWAYS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; FEMALE; GUINEA PIGS; INFERIOR COLLICULUS; NEURONS; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 0347382306     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.01175.2002     Document Type: Article

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