Frequency tuning and spontaneous activity in the auditory nerve and cochlear nucleus magnocellularis of the barn owl Tyto alba

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 364-377

  Köppl, Christine ^a  

^a Institut fur Zoologie   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BIRD; CLICK; COCHLEAR NERVE; COCHLEAR NUCLEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; LATENT PERIOD; MAGNOCELLULAR NUCLEUS; MALE; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 1842331538     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1997.77.1.364     Document Type: Article

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