Physiological evidence for binaural directional computations in the brainstem of the oyster toadfish, Opsanus tau (L.)

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 212, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1483-1493

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

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

^b MARINE BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Auditory; Descending octaval nucleus; Directional hearing.; Torus semicircularis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUDITORY NERVOUS SYSTEM; BATRACHOIDIFORMES; BRAIN STEM; HISTOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SOUND DETECTION; VESTIBULE;

ANIMALS; AUDITORY PATHWAYS; BATRACHOIDIFORMES; BRAIN STEM; OTOLITHIC MEMBRANE; SOUND LOCALIZATION;

ANURA; BATRACHOIDIDAE GEN. SP.; OPSANUS TAU; OSTREIDAE; TELEOSTEI; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 66149142770     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.026898     Document Type: Article

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