Target representation of naturalistic echolocation sequences in single unit responses from the inferior colliculus of big brown bats

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 118, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 3352-3361

  Sanderson, Mark I ^a   Simmons, James A ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; CELLS; LIVING SYSTEMS STUDIES; NEUROLOGY; SONAR;

BIG BROWN BATS; BIOSONAR; NATURALISTIC ECHOLOCATION SEQUENCES; TARGET REPRESENTATION;

FREQUENCY MODULATION;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY NERVOUS SYSTEM; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BAT; BRAIN STEM; INFERIOR COLLICULUS; LATENT PERIOD; MEASUREMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUND DETECTION;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; CHIROPTERA; ECHOLOCATION; INFERIOR COLLICULUS; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; REACTION TIME;

EID: 27744591780     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.2041227     Document Type: Article

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