Coding of acoustic particle motion by utricular fibers in the sleeper goby, Dormitator latifrons

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

Volumn 190, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 923-938

  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

Auditory; Directional hearing; Ear; Fish; Otolithic organ

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; EVOKED RESPONSE AUDIOMETRY; FISH; HAIR CELL; HEARING; METHODOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; PHYSIOLOGY; SOUND DETECTION; STIMULATION; VESTIBULE;

ACCELERATION; ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; AUDIOMETRY, EVOKED RESPONSE; FISHES; HAIR CELLS; HEARING; PARTICLE SIZE; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; SACCULE AND UTRICLE; SOUND LOCALIZATION;

EID: 11244353299     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00359-004-0550-3     Document Type: Article

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