The recovery cycle of bat duration-selective collicular neurons varies with hunting phase

NeuroReport

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 861-865

  Wang, Xin ^a   Luo, Feng ^a,c   Wu, Fei Jian ^a   Chen, Qi Cai ^a   Jen, Philip H S ^b  

^a CENTRAL CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bat; Duration selectivity; Inferior colliculus; Pulse echo pairs; Recovery cycle

Indexed keywords

AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BAT; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CELL CYCLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEARING ACUITY; INFERIOR COLLICULUS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PARAMETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOGNITION; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; ULTRASOUND;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; CHIROPTERA; ECHOLOCATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; INFERIOR COLLICULI; NEURONS; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR;

EID: 43249107317     PISSN: 09594965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/WNR.0b013e3282ffb574     Document Type: Article

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