Plasticity of temporal information processing in the primary auditory cortex

Nature Neuroscience

Volumn 1, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 727-731

  Kilgard, Michael P ^a   Merzenich, Michael M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Scientific Learning Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUDITORY CORTEX; AUDITORY STIMULATION; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; METHODOLOGY; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT; SUBSTANTIA INNOMINATA; TIME PERCEPTION;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANIMALS; AUDITORY CORTEX; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FEMALE; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; RATS; SUBSTANTIA INNOMINATA; TIME PERCEPTION;

EID: 0032233247     PISSN: 10976256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/3729     Document Type: Article

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