Noise reduction of coincidence detector output by the inferior colliculus of the barn owl

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 26, Issue 22, 2006, Pages 5948-5954

  Christianson, G Björn ^a,c   Peña, José Luis ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Barn owl; Inferior colliculus; Interaural time difference; Nucleus laminaris; Pooling; Sound localization

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; BRAIN STEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; INFERIOR COLLICULUS; MALE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NOISE REDUCTION; NONHUMAN; OWL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUND DETECTION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; THALAMUS INTRALAMINAR NUCLEUS; ANIMAL; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BRAIN MAPPING; HEARING; NERVE CELL; NERVE TRACT; NOISE; PHYSIOLOGY;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANIMALS; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; BRAIN MAPPING; CUES; FEMALE; INFERIOR COLLICULUS; MALE; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS; NOISE; SOUND LOCALIZATION; STRIGIFORMES;

EID: 33745276537     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 02706474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0220-06.2006     Document Type: Article

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