Frequency modulated sweep responses in the medial geniculate nucleus

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 153, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 550-553

  Lui, B ^a   Mendelson, J R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

FM sweeps; Medial geniculate nucleus

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; AUDITORY CORTEX; AUDITORY NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONFERENCE PAPER; FREQUENCY MODULATION; GENICULATE NUCLEUS; MEDIAL GENICULATE BODY; MESENCEPHALON; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; THALAMUS;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; AUDITORY PATHWAYS; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; GENICULATE BODIES; MALE; NEURONS; PITCH PERCEPTION; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; REACTION TIME; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0348049858     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-003-1618-y     Document Type: Conference Paper

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