Spectral integration in A1 of awake primates: Neurons with single- and multipeaked tuning characteristics

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 1603-1622

  Kadia, Siddhartha C ^a   Wang, Xiaoqin ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY CORTEX; AUDITORY STIMULATION; FACILITATION; FREQUENCY MODULATION; MARMOSET; NERVE CONDUCTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTIVE FIELD; SIGNAL PROCESSING; WAKEFULNESS;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANIMALS; AUDITORY CORTEX; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; AWARENESS; CALLITHRIX; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEURONS; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 0037342790     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00271.2001     Document Type: Article

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