Resolution of interaural time differences in the avian sound localization circuit-a modeling study

Frontiers in Computational Neuroscience

Volumn 8, Issue AUG, 2014, Pages

  Fischer, Brian J ^a   Seidl, Armin H ^b,c  

^a SEATTLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Avian brainstem; Interaural time differences; ITD resolution; Nucleus laminaris; Sound localization

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; SPEECH PROCESSING;

BRAINSTEM; DIFFERENT RESOLUTIONS; DOWNSTREAM-PROCESSING; INTERAURAL TIME DIFFERENCES; NATURALLY OCCURRING; NUCLEUS LAMINARIS; SOUND LOCALIZATION; VERY LOW FREQUENCY;

NEURONS;

AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; AUDITORY RESPONSE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; AUDITORY SYSTEM PARAMETERS; CHICKEN; FREQUENCY DISCRIMINATION; FREQUENCY MODULATION; INTERAURAL TIME DISCRIMINATION; LOW FREQUENCY NOISE; NONHUMAN; SOUND DETECTION; SPIKE WAVE; THALAMUS INTRALAMINAR NUCLEUS;

EID: 84940345434     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16625188     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fncom.2014.00099     Document Type: Article

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