Echo frequency selectivity of duration-tuned inferior collicular neurons of the big brown bat, Eptesicus fuscus, determined with pulse-echo pairs

Neuroscience

Volumn 156, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1028-1038

  Wu, C H ^a   Jen, P H S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

bat; duration tuned; frequency selectivity; inferior colliculus; pulse duration; pulse echo pairs

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; AUDITORY SYSTEM; BAT; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPTESICUS FUSCUS; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE RATE;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ACTION POTENTIALS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; CHIROPTERA; ECHOLOCATION; FEMALE; INFERIOR COLLICULI; MALE; NEURONS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 53949115917     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2008.08.039     Document Type: Article

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