First-spike timing of auditory-nerve fibers and comparison with auditory cortex

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 78, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 2438-2454

  Heil, Peter ^a   Irvlne, Dexter R F ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY CORTEX; CAT; COCHLEAR NERVE; FEMALE; MALE; NERVE FIBER TRANSPORT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SPIKE;

EID: 0030661605     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1997.78.5.2438     Document Type: Article

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