Intrinsic oscillations and discharge regularity of units in the dorsal cochlear nucleus (DCN) of the barbiturate anesthetized gerbil

Annals of Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 473-487

  Gdowski, Greg T ^a,c   Voigt, Herbert F ^a,b  

^a Boston University College of Engineering   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Encoding mechanisms; Pitch perception; Regularity analysis; Spectral analysis

Indexed keywords

HYPNOTIC SEDATIVE AGENT; PENTOBARBITAL;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL RHYTHM; BRAIN MAPPING; COCHLEAR NUCLEUS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; GERBIL; HEARING; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; BIOLOGICAL CLOCKS; BRAIN MAPPING; COCHLEAR NUCLEUS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; GERBILLINAE; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; PENTOBARBITAL;

EID: 0032063397     PISSN: 00906964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1114/1.96     Document Type: Article

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