Detection of interaural time differences in the alligator

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 29, Issue 25, 2009, Pages 7978-7982

  Carr, Catherine E ^a,b   Soares, Daphne ^b   Smolders, Jean ^c   Simon, Jonathan Z ^b  

^a Bldg 142   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL FRANKFURT   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ALLIGATOR; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUDITORY CORTEX; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOLUTION; MAGNOCELLULAR NUCLEUS; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOUND; TIME;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ACTION POTENTIALS; ALLIGATORS AND CROCODILES; ANIMALS; AUDITORY PATHWAYS; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; BRAIN STEM; NEURONS; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; SOUND LOCALIZATION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 67649352727     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.6154-08.2009     Document Type: Article

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