Interaural level difference processing in the lateral superior olive and the inferior colliculus

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 289-301

  Park, Thomas J ^a   Klug, Achim ^a,b   Holinstat, Michael ^a   Grothe, Benedikt ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF NEUROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; AUDITORY NERVOUS SYSTEM; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BAT; BINAURAL HEARING; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN STEM; CELL POPULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVERGENT PROJECTION; INFERIOR COLLICULUS; INTERAURAL LEVEL DIFFERENCE; NERVE CELL; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUND DETECTION; SOUND INTENSITY; SUPERIOR OLIVARY NUCLEUS;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; CHIROPTERA; ECHOLOCATION; INFERIOR COLLICULUS; OLIVARY NUCLEUS;

EID: 3042588407     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00961.2003     Document Type: Article

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