Right-left asymmetry in the cortical processing of sounds for social communication vs. navigation in mustached bats

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 257-270

  Kanwal, Jagmeet S ^a,b  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Asymmetry; Communication; Context sensitivity; Hearing; Pteronotus parnellii

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY CORTEX; AUDITORY DISCRIMINATION; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BAT; BRAIN ASYMMETRY; BRAIN CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOLOCATION; FEMALE; MALE; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPIKE; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMALS; AUDITORY CORTEX; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; CHIROPTERA; ECHOLOCATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; MALE; NEURONS;

EID: 84855962614     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2011.07951.x     Document Type: Article

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