Training-induced plasticity of auditory localization in adult mammals

PLoS Biology

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 627-638

  Kacelnik, Oliver ^a   Nodal, Fernando R ^a   Parsons, Carl H ^a,b   King, Andrew J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; AUDITORY SYSTEM; DIRECTIONAL HEARING; EAR; ERROR; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; FERRET; MALE; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; PLASTICITY; SOUND DETECTION; TRAINING; VISION; AGING; ANIMAL; LEARNING; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; TIME;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; MUSTELA; MUSTELA PUTORIUS FURO;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; AGING; ANIMALS; CUES; EAR PROTECTIVE DEVICES; FEMALE; FERRETS; LEARNING; MALE; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; SOUND LOCALIZATION; TIME FACTORS; VISION;

EID: 33646262573     PISSN: 15457885     EISSN: 15457885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0040071     Document Type: Article

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