Discrimination learning of amplitude modulated tones in Mongolian gerbils

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 261, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 13-16

  Schulze, Holger ^a   Scheich, Henning ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR NEUROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Auditory discrimination; Avoidance learning; Cortical representation; Pitch; Rhythm; Shuttle box; Spatial code; Temporal code

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY DISCRIMINATION; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; DISCRIMINATIVE STIMULUS; GERBIL; NOCICEPTIVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHOCK; SPATIAL DISCRIMINATION;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANIMALS; AUDITORY CORTEX; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; ELECTROSHOCK; GERBILLINAE; PITCH PERCEPTION; TIME PERCEPTION;

EID: 0033548031     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(98)00991-4     Document Type: Article

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