Reliable coding of small, behaviourally relevant interaural intensity differences in a pair of interneurons of an insect

Biology Letters

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 711-714

  Stradner, Jürgen ^a   Römer, Heiner ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Binaural cues; Dichotic stimulation; Interaural intensity difference; Sound localization

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; INSECT; NEUROLOGY;

ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; AUDITORY SYSTEM FUNCTION; BEHAVIOR; BINAURAL HEARING; CONTROLLED STUDY; EAR; FEMALE; INSECT; INTERNEURON; MALE; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUND DETECTION; SOUND INTENSITY;

HEXAPODA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 58149240029     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2008.0367     Document Type: Article

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