Acoustic response properties of lagenar nerve fibers in the sleeper goby, Dormitator latifrons

Journal of Comparative Physiology A: Neuroethology, Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology

Volumn 189, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 889-905

  Lu, Z ^a,b,c   Xu, Z ^a   Buchser, W J ^a  

^a Department of Biology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

Directional selectivity; Ear; Hearing; Otolithic organ; Tuning

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; COCHLEAR NERVE; CYTOLOGY; FISH; HAIR CELL; HEARING; HISTOLOGY; INNER EAR; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SOUND DETECTION;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; COCHLEAR NERVE; EAR, INNER; FISHES; HAIR CELLS; HEARING; NEURONS, AFFERENT; PITCH PERCEPTION; REACTION TIME; SOUND LOCALIZATION;

EID: 0347664208     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00359-003-0462-7     Document Type: Article

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