Comparison of auditory responses in the medial geniculate and pontine gray of the big brown bat, Eptesicus fuscus

Hearing Research

Volumn 275, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 53-65

  Miller, Kimberly ^a   Covey, Ellen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; BAT; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; MALE; MEDIAL GENICULATE BODY; MOTOR CONTROL; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PONTINE NUCLEUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY SYSTEM ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; STIMULUS RESPONSE; THALAMOCORTICAL TRACT;

ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMALS; AUDITORY PATHWAYS; CHIROPTERA; ECHOLOCATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; GENICULATE BODIES; HEARING; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEURONS; PONS; SOUND;

EID: 79955972170     PISSN: 03785955     EISSN: 18785891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.heares.2010.12.001     Document Type: Article

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