Transient Frequency and Intensity Sensitivities of Central Auditory Neurons Determined with Sweep Tone

Chinese Journal of Physiology

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 133-138

  Chiu, T W ^a   Liu, Y D ^a   Poon, P W F ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Best frequency; Inferior colliculus; Minimum threshold; Rat; Response area

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CYTOLOGY; DIFFERENTIAL THRESHOLD; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEARING; INFERIOR COLLICULUS; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; VESTIBULOCOCHLEAR NERVE;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; DIFFERENTIAL THRESHOLD; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; INFERIOR COLLICULUS; LOUDNESS PERCEPTION; NEURONS, AFFERENT; PITCH PERCEPTION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; VESTIBULOCOCHLEAR NERVE;

EID: 0032581876     PISSN: 03044920     EISSN: 26660059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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