Duration selectivity of neurons in the inferior colliculus of the big brown bat: Tolerance to changes in sound level

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 94, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 1869-1878

  Fremouw, Thane ^a   Faure, Paul A ^b   Casseday, John H ^c   Covey, Ellen ^c  

^a University of Maine ^*  (United States)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPTESICUS; EPTESICUS FUSCUS; INFERIOR COLLICULUS; LATENT PERIOD; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SOUND INTENSITY; SOUND PRESSURE; SPIKE WAVE; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; AUDITORY PATHWAYS; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CHIROPTERA; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; ECHOLOCATION; FEMALE; INFERIOR COLLICULUS; MALE; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEURONS; REACTION TIME; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 23944515231     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00253.2005     Document Type: Article

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