Evolution of a sensory novelty: Tympanic ears and the associated neural processing

Brain Research Bulletin

Volumn 75, Issue 2-4, 2008, Pages 365-370

  Christensen Dalsgaard, Jakob ^a   Carr, Catherine E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b Bldg 142   (United States)

Author keywords

Auditory; Brain stem; Frog; Hearing; Lizard; Middle ear; Tympanum

Indexed keywords

AUDITORY CORTEX; AUDITORY NERVOUS SYSTEM; AUDITORY RESPONSE; BINAURAL HEARING; BIRD; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; LOW FREQUENCY NOISE; MIDDLE EAR; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RHOMBENCEPHALON; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX;

ANIMALS; AUDITORY PATHWAYS; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; EAR; EVOLUTION; TYMPANIC MEMBRANE;

EID: 40249108420     PISSN: 03619230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainresbull.2007.10.044     Document Type: Review

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