Phase encoding in the mauthner system: Implications in left-right sound source discrimination

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 29, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 3431-3441

  Weiss, Shennan A ^a   Preuss, Thomas ^a   Faber, Donald S ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY DISCRIMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DENDRITE; ELECTRIC FIELD; EVOKED AUDITORY RESPONSE; GOLDFISH; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; INTERNEURON; LATENT PERIOD; MAUTHNER CELL; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NERVE; SOUND; SOUND DETECTION; SOUND PRESSURE; SPIKE; SYNAPSE; TELEOST;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANIMALS; AUDITORY PATHWAYS; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; GOLDFISH; REACTION TIME; SOUND LOCALIZATION;

EID: 63849208822     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3383-08.2009     Document Type: Article

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