Processing of frequency-modulated sounds in the cat's posterior auditory field

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 79, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 2629-2642

  Tian, Biao ^a   Rauschecker, Josef P ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY CORTEX; AUDITORY STIMULATION; CAT; FREQUENCY MODULATION; NOISE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUND;

EID: 0031839509     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1998.79.5.2629     Document Type: Article

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