Neural encoding of single-formant stimuli in the ventral cochlear nucleus of the chinchilla

Hearing Research

Volumn 117, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 39-56

  Rhode, William S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Cochlear nucleus; Physiology; Single formant; Vowel

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY CORTEX; AUDITORY NERVOUS SYSTEM; AUDITORY STIMULATION; CHINCHILLA; COCHLEAR NUCLEUS; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HEARING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUND PRESSURE; SPEECH DISCRIMINATION; SPEECH PERCEPTION; TIME PERCEPTION; VOWEL;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANIMALS; AUDIOMETRY, PURE-TONE; CHINCHILLA; COCHLEAR NUCLEUS; CORTICAL SYNCHRONIZATION; DATA DISPLAY; PITCH DISCRIMINATION; REACTION TIME; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SPEECH PERCEPTION; VESTIBULOCOCHLEAR NERVE;

EID: 0031893105     PISSN: 03785955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-5955(98)00002-1     Document Type: Article

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