Functional organization of the auditory cortex in a native Chilean rodent (Octodon degus)

Biological Research

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 137-148

  Thomas, Hardy ^a   Tillein, Jochen ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUSTRAL DE CHILE   (Chile)

^b GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Auditory cortex; Microelectrode mapping; Octodon degus; Tonotopic organization

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY CORTEX; AUDITORY DISCRIMINATION; AUDITORY RESPONSE; CHILE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; LATENT PERIOD; MICROELECTRODE; NONHUMAN; ORGANIZATION; RODENT; SOUND DETECTION; SPATIAL FREQUENCY DISCRIMINATION; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; TONOTOPY;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANIMALS; AUDITORY CORTEX; BRAIN MAPPING; CHILE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; MICROELECTRODES; RODENTIA;

ANIMALIA; OCTODON DEGUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 0031436325     PISSN: 07169760     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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