Thalamic asymmetry is related to acoustic signal complexity

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 267, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 89-92

  King, Cynthia ^a   Nicol, Trent ^a   McGee, Therese ^a   Kraus, Nina ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Click; Guinea pig; Hemispheric asymmetry; Medial geniculate body; Neurophysiologic representation; Phoneme; Thalamus; Tone burst

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY LATERALIZATION; AUDITORY NERVOUS SYSTEM; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BRAIN MAPPING; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED AUDITORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; GUINEA PIG; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SIGNAL PROCESSING; STIMULUS RESPONSE; THALAMUS;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANIMALS; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY, BRAIN STEM; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; GUINEA PIGS; MALE; SEX FACTORS; SPEECH PERCEPTION; THALAMUS;

EID: 0033612266     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(99)00336-5     Document Type: Article

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