Sensitivity of the neuromagnetic N100m deflection to spectral bandwidth: A function of the auditory periphery?

Audiology and Neuro-Otology

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 322-337

  Seither Preisler, A ^a   Krumbholz, K ^a,b   Lutkenhoner B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Auditory cortex; Auditory evoked field; Auditory image; Auditory nerve; Hemispheric dominance; N100m; Neural activity pattern; Pitch; Spectral bandwidth; Timbre

Indexed keywords

AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; AUDIOMETRY; AUDITORY STIMULATION; AUDITORY SYSTEM; COCHLEAR NERVE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED AUDITORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; HEARING; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE STIMULATION; PERIODICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AUDITORY CORTEX; COCHLEAR NERVE; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MALE; PERIODICITY; PITCH PERCEPTION; REACTION TIME; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 0242321125     PISSN: 14203030     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000073517     Document Type: Article

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