Coding of Sound Pressure Level in the Barn Owl's Auditory Nerve
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Coding of sound pressure level in the barn owl's auditory nerve.
Rate-intensity functions, i.e., the relation between discharge rate and sound pressure level, were recorded from single auditory nerve fibers in the barn owl. Differences in sound pressure level between the owl's two ears are known to be an important cue in sound localization. One objective was therefore to quantify the discharge rates of auditory nerve fibers, as a basis for higher-order proce...
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عنوان ژورنال: The Journal of Neuroscience
سال: 1999
ISSN: 0270-6474,1529-2401
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.19-21-09674.1999