Spontaneous activity of auditory nerve fibers in the barn owl (Tyto alba): Analyses of interspike interval distributions

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 101, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 3169-3191

  Neubauer, Heinrich ^a   Köppl, Christine ^b   Heil, Peter ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR NEUROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NERVE FIBER; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; AUDITORY SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; HAIR CELL; NERVE CONDUCTION; NONHUMAN; OWL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICS;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; AUDITORY PATHWAYS; COCHLEAR NERVE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NERVE FIBERS; PROBABILITY; STRIGIFORMES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 66349103415     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.90779.2008     Document Type: Article

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