Envelope coding in the lateral superior olive. III. Comparison with afferent pathways

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 253-269

  Joris, Philip X ^a,b   Yin, Tom C T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CAT; COCHLEAR NUCLEUS; CORTICAL SYNCHRONIZATION; FREQUENCY MODULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NERVE; SOUND; SOUND PRESSURE; SUPERIOR OLIVARY NUCLEUS;

EID: 0031939714     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1998.79.1.253     Document Type: Article

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