Variability of spike trains and the processing of temporal patterns of acoustic signals - Problems, constraints, and solutions

Journal of Comparative Physiology A: Neuroethology, Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology

Volumn 190, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 257-277

  Ronacher, B ^a   Franz, A ^a   Wohlgemuth, S ^a   Hennig, R M ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Amplitude modulation; Grasshopper; Noise; Temporal integration; Temporal resolution

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ASSOCIATION; AUDITORY NERVOUS SYSTEM; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CYTOLOGY; GRASSHOPPER; LIMB; METHODOLOGY; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SENSORY NERVE CELL; TEMPERATURE;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ACOUSTICS; ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMALS; AUDITORY PATHWAYS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CUES; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); EXTREMITIES; GRASSHOPPERS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; MOVEMENT; NEURONS, AFFERENT; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; SIGNAL DETECTION (PSYCHOLOGY); TEMPERATURE;

EID: 2942588570     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00359-004-0494-7     Document Type: Review

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