Paired-tone stimuli reveal reductions and alterations in temporal processing in inferior colliculus neurons of aged animals

JARO - Journal of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 321-331

  Finlayson, Paul G ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Inferior colliculus; Post stimulatory suppression; Temporal processing

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGED; AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; AUDITORY SYSTEM; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FACILITATION; FREQUENCY DISCRIMINATION; HEARING LOSS; INFERIOR COLLICULUS; MALE; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NOISE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPEECH DISCRIMINATION; TIME;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; AGING; ANIMALS; EAR; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; INFERIOR COLLICULUS; MALE; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; REACTION TIME; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; TIME PERCEPTION;

EID: 0036749909     PISSN: 15253961     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s101620020038     Document Type: Article

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