Duration selectivity of bat inferior collicular neurons improves with increasing pulse repetition rate

Chinese Journal of Physiology

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 46-55

  Zhou, Xiaoming ^a,b   Jen, Philip H S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Bat; Critical duration; Duration selectivity; Inferior colliculus; Pulse repetition rate

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NERVE FIBER; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUDITORY NERVOUS SYSTEM; BAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEARING; INFERIOR COLLICULUS; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE FUNCTION; NONHUMAN; PREDATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOUND DETECTION; SOUND INTENSITY; ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL; AUDITORY STIMULATION; CYTOLOGY; ECHOLOCATION; PERIODICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; SENSORY NERVE CELL;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; AUDITORY PATHWAYS; CHIROPTERA; ECHOLOCATION; INFERIOR COLLICULUS; NEURONS, AFFERENT; PERIODICITY;

EID: 33747600089     PISSN: 03044920     EISSN: 26660059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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