Microsecond precision of phase delay in the auditory system of the barn owl

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 1655-1658

  Wagner, Hermann ^a,b   Brill, Sandra ^a   Kempter, Richard ^c,d   Carr, Catherine E ^b  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b Bldg 142   (United States)

^c HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d BERNSTEIN CENTER FOR COMPUTATIONAL NEUROSCIENCE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; AUDITORY SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; OWL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUND DETECTION; SOUND INTENSITY; THALAMUS INTRALAMINAR NUCLEUS;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANIMALS; AUDITORY PATHWAYS; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; BRAIN STEM; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY; FOURIER ANALYSIS; REACTION TIME; STRIGIFORMES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 23044443596     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.01226.2004     Document Type: Article

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