Development of the representation of auditory space in the superior colliculus of the rat

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 652-660

  Vachon Presseau, Etienne ^a   Martin, Alex ^a   Lepore, Franco ^a   Guillemot, Jean Paul ^a,b  

^a CENTRE DE RECHERCHE EN NEUROPSYCHOLOGIE ET COGNITION   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Azimuthal coding; Sound localization; Topographic map

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NERVE FIBER; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUDITORY SYSTEM; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENT; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; GROUPS BY AGE; LATENT PERIOD; MATURATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECEPTIVE FIELD; RECORDING; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; TOPOGRAPHY;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ACTION POTENTIALS; AGING; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; AUDITORY PATHWAYS; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; NEURONS; ORIENTATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; SPACE PERCEPTION; SUPERIOR COLLICULI; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 59149104012     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2009.06615.x     Document Type: Article

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