Echolocation calls and communication calls are controlled differentially in the brainstem of the bat Phyllostomus discolor

BMC Biology

Volumn 3, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Fenzl, Thomas ^a   Schuller, Gerd ^b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF PSYCHIATRY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

KYNURENIC ACID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BAT; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BRAIN STEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOLOCATION; ELECTRODE; IONTOPHORESIS; MALE; MOTONEURON; NONHUMAN; VOCALIZATION; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; BRAIN MAPPING; HABITUATION; HAPLORHINI; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY MATTER; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALIA; PHYLLOSTOMUS DISCOLOR;

ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMALS; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN STEM; CHIROPTERA; ECHOLOCATION; HABITUATION, PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC; HAPLORHINI; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY; SENSORY THRESHOLDS;

EID: 27544493810     PISSN: 17417007     EISSN: 17417007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1741-7007-3-17     Document Type: Article

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