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Science 4 March 1983:
Vol. 219. no. 4588, pp. 1087 - 1089
DOI: 10.1126/science.6600522
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Science, Vol 219, Issue 4588, 1087-1089
Copyright © 1983 by American Association for the Advancement of Science

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Temporal selectivity in the central auditory system of the leopard frog

G Rose and RR Capranica

Amplitude modulation is a predominant temporal feature in many vocal signals. The leopard frog, Rana pipiens, has a class of neurons in the central auditory system that respond selectively to particular rates of amplitude modulation; these neurons can be characterized by a temporal tuning curve. Such selectivity is absent in the peripheral auditory system. This type of transformation may be fundamental in processing temporal information in the vertebrate sensory nervous system.


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