Changes in interaural time sensitivity with interaural level differences in the inferior colliculus

Hearing Research

Volumn 223, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 105-113

  Palmer, Alan R ^a   Liu, Liang fa ^b   Shackleton, Trevor M ^a  

^a MRC INSTITUTE OF HEARING RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b CHINESE PLA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

Inferior colliculus; Interaural level differences; Interaural time differences

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ACOUSTIC NERVE FIBER; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; COCHLEAR NERVE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FREQUENCY MODULATION; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; GUINEA PIG; INFERIOR COLLICULUS; INTERAURAL LEVEL DIFFERENCE; INTERAURAL TIME DISCRIMINATION; MALE; MEASUREMENT; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PHASE TRANSITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOUND DETECTION;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANIMALS; FEMALE; GUINEA PIGS; INFERIOR COLLICULUS; MALE; NEURONS; SOUND LOCALIZATION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33845639178     PISSN: 03785955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.heares.2006.10.005     Document Type: Article

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