Ambiguities in Sound-Duration Selectivity by Neurons in the Inferior Colliculus of the Bat Molossus molossus from Cuba

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 91, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 2215-2226

  Mora, Emanuel C ^a   Kössl, Manfred ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAVANA   (Cuba)

^b GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NERVE FIBER; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BAT; CUBA; FROG; INFERIOR COLLICULUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REBOUND; SOUND DETECTION; SOUND PRESSURE;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANIMALS; CHIROPTERA; ECHOLOCATION; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY; FEMALE; INFERIOR COLLICULUS; NEURONS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 16544390516     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.01127.2003     Document Type: Article

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