Interaural timing cues do not contribute to the map of space in the ferret superior colliculus: A Virtual acoustic space study

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 242-254

  Campbell, Robert A A ^a   Doubell, Timothy P ^a   Nodal, Fernando R ^a   Schnupp, Jan W H ^a   King, Andrew J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BRAIN MAPPING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIRECTIONAL HEARING; FERRET; INFERIOR COLLICULUS; NERVE CELL; NOISE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTIVE FIELD; SOUND INTENSITY; SPIKE; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; TOPOGRAPHY; VIRTUAL REALITY; VISUAL STIMULATION; ANIMAL; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; COMPUTER INTERFACE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEPTH PERCEPTION; EVOKED AUDITORY RESPONSE; METHODOLOGY; MICROCLIMATE; PHYSIOLOGY; SOUND DETECTION; TIME;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANIMALS; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CUES; ENVIRONMENT, CONTROLLED; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY; FERRETS; SOUND LOCALIZATION; SPACE PERCEPTION; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; TIME FACTORS; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 33644791731     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00827.2005     Document Type: Article

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