Studying the neural mechanisms of auditory localization in barn owls.
Bala ADS, Spitzer MW, Takahashi TT. 2003. Prediction of auditory spatial acuity from neuronal images on the owl’s auditory space map. Nature 424: 771-773. PDF file (775 kB).
Spezio, M.L. and T.T. Takahashi (2003) Frequency-specific interaural level difference tuning predicts spatial response patterns of space-specific neurons in the barn owl inferior colliculus. J. Neurosci. 23:4677-4688.
Spitzer, M.W., A.D. Bala, and T.T. Takahashi (2003) Auditory spatial discrimination by barn owls in simulated echoic conditions. J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 113:1631-1645.
Euston, D.R. and T.T. Takahashi (2002) From spectrum to space: the contribution of level difference cues to spatial receptive fields in the barn owl inferior colliculus. J. Neurosci. 22(1):284-293.
Bala, A.D.S. and T.T. Takahashi (2000) Pupillary dilation response as an indicator of auditory discrimination in the barn owl. J. Comp. Physiol A 186:425-434.PDF file.
Keller, C.H. and T.T. Takahashi (2000) Representation of temporal features of complex sounds by the discharge patterns of neurons in the owl's inferior colliculus. J. Neurophysiol. 84:2638-2650.
Spezio ML, Keller CH, Marrocco RT, Takahashi TT 2000 Head-related transfer functions of the rhesus monkey. Hearing Res. 144:73-88
Bala ADS, Takahashi TT 2000 Pupillary dilation response as an indicator of auditory discrimination in the barn owl. J Comp.Physiol A. 186:425-434
Keller CH., Hartung K, Takahashi TT 1998 Head related transfer functions of the barn owl: Measurement and neuronal responses. Hearing Res118:13-34
Keller CH, Takahashi TT 1996 Responses of neurons in the owl's auditory space map under conditions of summing localization. J Neurosci 16:4300-4309.
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