Azimuth coding in primary auditory cortex of the cat. I. Spike synchrony versus spike count representations

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 80, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 2133-2150

  Eggermont, Jos J ^a,b   Mossop, Jennifer E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY CORTEX; AUDITORY STIMULATION; CAT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE UNIT ACTIVITY; SOUND DETECTION; SPIKE;

EID: 0031739141     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1998.80.4.2133     Document Type: Article

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