Directional and frequency response characteristics in the descending octaval nucleus of the toadfish (Opsanus tau)

Journal of Comparative Physiology A: Neuroethology, Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology

Volumn 194, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1013-1029

  Edds Walton, Peggy L ^a,b   Fay, Richard R ^a,b  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

^b MARINE BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Audition; Directional hearing; Medulla; Octaval nuclei; Tuning

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUDITORY NERVOUS SYSTEM; BATRACHOIDIFORMES; HEARING; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; PHYSIOLOGY; SOUND DETECTION;

ANIMALS; AUDITORY PATHWAYS; BATRACHOIDIFORMES; HEARING; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; PITCH PERCEPTION; SOUND LOCALIZATION;

EID: 56649094377     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: 14321351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00359-008-0373-8     Document Type: Article

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