Redefining the tonotopic core of rat auditory cortex: Physiological evidence for a posterior field

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 453, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 345-360

  Doron, Neot N ^a   Ledoux, Joseph E ^a   Semple, Malcolm N ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amplitude modulation; Belt region; Core region; Frequency modulation; Rat atlas; Tonotopic organization

Indexed keywords

AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUDITORY CORTEX; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FREQUENCY MODULATION; NERVE CELL; NOISE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TEMPORAL CORTEX; TONOTOPY;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANIMALS; AUDITORY CORTEX; AUDITORY PATHWAYS; BRAIN MAPPING; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 0037175341     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.10412     Document Type: Article

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