Variability reduction in interaural time difference tuning in the barn owl

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 100, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 708-715

  Fischer, Brian J ^a   Konishi, Masakazu ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BRAIN NERVE CELL; BRAIN NUCLEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIRECTIONAL HEARING; DORSAL LATERAL LEMNISCAL NUCLEUS; FEMALE; INTERAURAL TIME DISCRIMINATION; NOISE REDUCTION; NONHUMAN; OWL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STIMULUS RESPONSE; THALAMUS INTRALAMINAR NUCLEUS; ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL; AUDITORY NERVOUS SYSTEM; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COCHLEAR NUCLEUS; CYTOLOGY; EAR; NERVE CELL; PHYSIOLOGY; SOUND DETECTION; TIME;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; AUDITORY PATHWAYS; COCHLEAR NUCLEUS; CUES; EAR; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEURONS; SOUND LOCALIZATION; STRIGIFORMES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 55249111032     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.90358.2008     Document Type: Article

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