Comparison of midbrain and thalamic space-specific neurons in barn owls

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 95, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 783-790

  Pérez, María Lucía ^a,c   Peña, José Luis ^a,b  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c DEPARTAMENTO DE BIOQUÍMICA   (Uruguay)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOREBRAIN; HISTOLOGY; INFERIOR COLLICULUS; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; NERVE CELL; NERVE CONDUCTION; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OPTIC TECTUM; OWL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STIMULUS RESPONSE; THALAMUS; ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL; AUDITORY NERVOUS SYSTEM; AUDITORY STIMULATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HEARING; METHODOLOGY; NERVE CELL NETWORK; PHYSIOLOGY; SOUND DETECTION;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; AUDITORY PATHWAYS; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; FEMALE; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; NERVE NET; NEURONS; SOUND LOCALIZATION; STRIGIFORMES; THALAMUS;

EID: 33644859587     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00833.2005     Document Type: Article

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