Binaural response properties of low-frequency neurons in the gerbil dorsal nucleus of the lateral lemniscus

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 96, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 1425-1440

  Siveke, Ida ^a,b   Pecka, Michael ^a,b   Seidl, Armin H ^b,c   Baudoux, Sylvie ^b,d   Grothe, Benedikt ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF NEUROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d MRC INSTITUTE OF HEARING RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; BINAURAL HEARING; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DORSAL ROOT; FEMALE; GERBIL; LOW FREQUENCY NOISE; MALE; NERVE TRACT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPERIOR OLIVARY NUCLEUS;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANIMALS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; GERBILLINAE; MALE; MEDIODORSAL THALAMIC NUCLEUS; MENISCI, TIBIAL; NEURONS; REACTION TIME; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOUND; SOUND LOCALIZATION;

EID: 33748533470     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00713.2005     Document Type: Article

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