Bat inferior collicular neurons have the greatest frequency selectivity when determined with best-duration pulses

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 438, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 362-367

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Bat; Best duration; Duration tuning; Echolocation; Frequency selectivity; Inferior colliculus

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUDIOMETRY; BAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FREQUENCY MODULATION; INFERIOR COLLICULAR NEURON; MALE; NERVE CELL; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE RATE;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ACTION POTENTIALS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; CHIROPTERA; ECHOLOCATION; INFERIOR COLLICULI; NEURONS;

EID: 44549083919     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2008.04.069     Document Type: Article

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