Neural mechanisms for acoustic signal detection under strong masking in an insect

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 35, Issue 29, 2015, Pages 10562-10571

  Kostarakos, Konstantinos ^a   Römer, Heiner ^a  

^a Inst Zool an Karl Franzens Univ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Acoustic masking; Frequency tuning; Insects; Novelty detection; Selective coding

Indexed keywords

AUDITORY RECEPTOR; RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUDITORY MASKING; AUDITORY STIMULATION; CONNECTOME; FEMALE; HEARING; INTERNEURON; INTRACELLULAR RECORDING; MALE; MECOPODA ELONGATA; NEUROPIL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL DETECTION; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SYMPATRY; TETTIGONIIDAE; ACOUSTICS; ANIMAL; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; NOISE; ORTHOPTERA; PHYSIOLOGY;

ACOUSTICS; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMALS; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEARING; INTERNEURONS; MALE; NOISE; ORTHOPTERA; SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO;

EID: 84937716619     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0913-15.2015     Document Type: Article

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