Vowel representations in the ventral cochlear nucleus of the cat: Effects of level, background noise, and behavioral state

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 79, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 1755-1767

  May, Bradford J ^a   Le Prell, Glenn S ^a   Sachs, Murray B ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY DISCRIMINATION; AUDITORY NERVOUS SYSTEM; AUDITORY STIMULATION; CAT; COCHLEAR NUCLEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FREQUENCY DISCRIMINATION; HEARING; NOISE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SPEECH DISCRIMINATION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; VOWEL;

EID: 0031944604     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1998.79.4.1755     Document Type: Article

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