Responses of ventral cochlear nucleus onset and chopper units as a function of signal bandwidth

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 780-794

  Palmer, A R ^a   Jiang, D ^a   Marshall, D H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NERVE FIBER; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL STIMULATION; COCHLEAR NUCLEUS; GUINEA PIG; INTERNEURON; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NOISE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029864307     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1996.75.2.780     Document Type: Article

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