Duration tuning in the auditory midbrain of echolocating and non-echolocating vertebrates

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

Volumn 197, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 571-583

  Sayegh, Riziq ^a   Aubie, Brandon ^a   Faure, Paul A ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Audition; Duration selectivity; Echolocation; Neurophysiology; Temporal processing

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECHOLOCATION; HEARING; HISTOLOGY; INFERIOR COLLICULUS; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SENSORY RECEPTOR; TIME PERCEPTION; VERTEBRATE;

ANIMALS; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; ECHOLOCATION; INFERIOR COLLICULI; SENSORY RECEPTOR CELLS; TIME PERCEPTION; VERTEBRATES;

EID: 79955063403     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: 14321351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00359-011-0627-8     Document Type: Review

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