GABA-mediated echo duration selectivity of inferior collicular neurons of Eptesicus fuscus, determined with single pulses and pulse-echo pairs

Journal of Comparative Physiology A: Neuroethology, Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology

Volumn 192, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 985-1002

  Wu, Chung Hsin ^a,b   Jen, Philip H S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Bat; Bicuculline; Duration selectivity; Echolocation; GABA; Inferior colliculus; Pulse echo gap

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BAT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYTOLOGY; ECHOLOCATION; FEMALE; HEARING; INFERIOR COLLICULUS; MALE; NERVE CELL; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION; ULTRASOUND;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANIMALS; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; CHIROPTERA; ECHOLOCATION; FEMALE; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; INFERIOR COLLICULI; INFERIOR COLLICULUS; MALE; NEURONS; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; ULTRASONICS;

EID: 33747820546     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: 14321351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00359-006-0133-6     Document Type: Article

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