Short communicationSpatial-tuning properties of auditory neurons in the optic tectum of the pigeon
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Acknowledgements
We are especially grateful to G. Reuter, G. Tinney, and H. Marquardt for their assistance in preparing the speaker-positioning system; Prof. K.-P. Hoffmann for his support and for providing the experimental facilities; Prof. O. Güntürkün and Prof. R. Necker for critical discussion of the results and valuable comments on the manuscript; and S. Rasmjou for grammatical rectifications to the manuscript.
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