Selectivity and persistent firing responses to social vocalizations in the basolateral amygdala

Neuroscience

Volumn 217, Issue , 2012, Pages 154-171

  Peterson, D C ^a,b   Wenstrup, J J ^a  

^a Northeast Ohio Medical University   (United States)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acoustic communication; Basolateral amygdala; Bat; Persistent firing; Pteronotus parnellii

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC ANALYSIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY RESPONSE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BASOLATERAL AMYGDALA; BAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FREQUENCY MODULATION; HABITUATION; NOISE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VOCALIZATION;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ACTION POTENTIALS; AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; CHIROPTERA; ECHOLOCATION; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY; NEURONS; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 84862704130     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: 18737544     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2012.04.069     Document Type: Article

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