Excitatory and inhibitory intensity tuning in auditory cortex: Evidence for multiple inhibitory mechanisms

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 90, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 2629-2647

  Sutter, M L ^a   Loftus, W C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUDIOMETRY; AUDITORY CORTEX; AUDITORY MASKING; AUDITORY STIMULATION; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; NERVE CELL INHIBITION; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTIVE FIELD; SOUND INTENSITY;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANIMALS; AUDITORY CORTEX; CATS; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEURONS; SYNAPSES;

EID: 0142026991     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00722.2002     Document Type: Article

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