No neural evidence for dynamic auditory tuning of the A1 receptor in the ear of the noctuid moth, Noctua pronuba

Journal of Comparative Physiology A: Neuroethology, Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology

Volumn 195, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 955-960

  Asi, Navdeep S ^a   Fullard, James Howard ^a   Whitehead, Scott ^b   Dawson, Jeff W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Auditory encoding; Bats; Moths; Neuroethology; Sensory ecology

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; COCHLEAR NERVE; ECHOLOCATION; EVOKED RESPONSE; FLYING; INNERVATION; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION; MIDDLE EAR; MOTH; PHYSIOLOGY; TIME; VIBRATION;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; COCHLEAR NERVE; EAR, MIDDLE; ECHOLOCATION; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION, CELLULAR; MOTHS; TIME FACTORS; VIBRATION;

EID: 70349941539     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: 14321351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00359-009-0471-2     Document Type: Article

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