Representation of spectrotemporal sound information in the ascending auditory pathway

Biological Cybernetics

Volumn 89, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 350-362

  Escabi, Monty A ^a   Read, Heather L ^a  

^a University of Connecticut   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC SIGNAL PROCESSING; ACOUSTIC WAVES; BRAIN; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY;

AUDITORY NUCLEI; NOISE ANALYSIS TECHNIQUES; SOUND INFORMATION; SPECTROTEMPORAL RESPONSE FIELDS; STIMULUS RESPONSE FUNCTIONS;

AUDITION;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL; AUDITORY NERVOUS SYSTEM; AUDITORY STIMULATION; EVOKED AUDITORY RESPONSE; HEARING; HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SENSORY NERVE; SOUND; SPECTROSCOPY;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ACTION POTENTIALS; AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ANIMALS; AUDITORY PATHWAYS; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY; HUMANS; SOUND; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

EID: 0348197963     PISSN: 03401200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00422-003-0440-8     Document Type: Article

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