Recovery cycle of neurons in the inferior colliculus of the FM bat determined with varied pulse-echo duration and amplitude

Chinese Journal of Physiology

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 119-129

  Wang, Xin ^a   Luo, Feng ^a   Jen, Philip H S ^b   Chen, Qi Cai ^a  

^a CENTRAL CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Amplitude; Bat; Duration; Inferior colliculus; Pulse echo pairs; Recovery cycle

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NERVE FIBER; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL HUNTING; ARTICLE; BAT; INFERIOR COLLICULUS; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NERVE CONDUCTION; NONHUMAN; PIPISTRELLUS ABRAMUS; SOUND DETECTION; SOUND TRANSMISSION;

EID: 77954876059     PISSN: 03044920     EISSN: 26660059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4077/CJP.2010.AMK030     Document Type: Article

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