Responses of neurons in the inferior colliculus to binaural masking level difference stimuli measured by rate-versus-level functions

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 77, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 3085-3106

  Jiang, Dan ^a   McAlpine, David ^a   Palmer, Alan R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY MASKING; AUDITORY STIMULATION; AUDITORY THRESHOLD SHIFT; BINAURAL HEARING; CONTROLLED STUDY; GUINEA PIG; INFERIOR COLLICULUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030747327     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1997.77.6.3085     Document Type: Article

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