Novel approaches for the investigation of sound localization in mammals [Elektronische Ressource] / vorgelegt von Ida Siveke

Novel approaches for the investigation of sound localization in mammals Dissertation zur Erlangung des Grades eines Doktors der Naturwissenschaften der Fakultät für Biologie der Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München vorgelegt von Ida Siveke München, September 2007 Erstgutachter: Prof. Dr. Benedikt Grothe Zweitgutachter: apl. Prof. Dr. Mark Hübener Tag der mündlichen Prüfung: 7. Dezember 2007 1 Table of contents List of abbreviations ..................................................................................................... 5 Zusammenfassung ........................................................................................................ 6 Summary....................................................................................................................... 9 1 Introduction.............................................................................................................11 1.1 The first stages of the binaural auditory pathway in mammals ...................12 1.2 Processing of binaural differences .................................................................14 1.3 Processing of interaural time differences in the MSO...................................17 1.4 Issues with the investigation of processing interaural time differences........19 1.4.