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Plasticity in the auditory system of crickets: phonotaxis with one ear and neuronal reorganization within the auditory pathway

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Huber, F. Plasticity in the auditory system of crickets: phonotaxis with one ear and neuronal reorganization within the auditory pathway. J. Comp. Physiol. 161, 583–604 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00603663

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