Barn owl delay-line input geometry creates an orderly ITD map in nucleus laminaris

Evidence

In barn owls, NL receives bilateral inputs from NM, such that axons from the ipsilateral NM enter NL dorsally, while contralateral axons enter from the ventral side. These afferents act as delay lines to create maps of ITD in NL. — Dijk, Pim van, Physiology, Psychoacoustics and…, 2839

Categorization

• XREF: Classic Jeffress model of coincidence detection and delay lines, which this geometry instantiates.