Live ct imaging of sound reception anatomy and hearing measurements in the pygmy killer whale, feresa attenuata

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 214, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 945-955

  Montie, Eric W ^a   Manire, Charlie A ^b   Mann, David A ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA BEAUFORT   (United States)

^b MOTE MARINE LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ct imaging; Hearing; Pygmy killer whale; Sound reception

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; BRAIN MAPPING; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DOLPHIN; ELECTRODE; EVOKED AUDITORY RESPONSE; EVOKED BRAIN STEM AUDITORY RESPONSE; HEARING; HISTOLOGY; IMAGE PROCESSING; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANIMALS; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; BRAIN MAPPING; DOLPHINS; ELECTRODES; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY, BRAIN STEM; HEARING; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

CETACEA; DELPHINUS DELPHIS; FERESA; FERESA ATTENUATA; ODONTOCETI;

EID: 79951999766     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.051599     Document Type: Article

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