Representation of periodicity pitch in the primary auditory cortex of the Mongolian gerbil

Acta Oto-Laryngologica, Supplement

Volumn , Issue 532, 1997, Pages 89-95

  Schulze, H ^a,b   Langner, G ^a  

^a DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR NEUROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Amplitude modulation; Periodotopy; Rate code; Temporal code

Indexed keywords

AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; AUDITORY CORTEX; CONFERENCE PAPER; GERBIL; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PERIODICITY; PITCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURE TONE AUDIOMETRY; SINGLE UNIT ACTIVITY; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CYTOLOGY; HEARING; NERVE CELL; PHYSIOLOGY; TIME;

ANIMALS; AUDITORY CORTEX; GERBILLINAE; NEURONS; PERIODICITY; PITCH PERCEPTION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0030608727     PISSN: 03655237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00016489709126150     Document Type: Conference Paper

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