Processing of low-probability sounds by cortical neurons

Nature Neuroscience

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 391-398

  Ulanovsky, Nachum ^a   Las, Liora ^a   Nelken, Israel ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY CORTEX; AUDITORY STIMULATION; AUDITORY SYSTEM; BRAIN CELL; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED AUDITORY RESPONSE; FREQUENCY MODULATION; MEMORY; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTIVE FIELD; SOUND; STIMULUS RESPONSE; THALAMUS;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; ATTENTION; AUDITORY CORTEX; AUDITORY PATHWAYS; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; CATS; GENICULATE BODIES; HABITUATION, PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC; NEURONS; PITCH DISCRIMINATION; PROBABILITY;

EID: 0037380180     PISSN: 10976256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nn1032     Document Type: Article

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