Temporal encoding and transmitting of amplitude and frequency modulations in dorsal cochlear nucleus

Hearing Research

Volumn 106, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 83-94

  Zhao, Hong Bo ^a,b   Liang, Zhi An ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

across frequency channel processing; AM tone; dorsal cochlear nucleus; FM tone; modulation encoding cue; modulation transmission

Indexed keywords

AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; COCHLEAR NUCLEUS; FREQUENCY MODULATION; GUINEA PIG; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

EID: 0030944571     PISSN: 03785955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-5955(97)00004-X     Document Type: Article

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