Location coding by opponent neural populations in the auditory cortex

PLoS Biology

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 0520-0528

  Stecker, G Christopher ^a,b   Harrington, Ian A ^a   Middlebrooks, John C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ANIMAL TISSUE; AUDITORY CORTEX; CELL POPULATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MOTIVATION; NERVE CELL; NERVE POTENTIAL; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; SOUND; SOUND DETECTION; SPACE; SPATIAL DISCRIMINATION; SPIKE; THEORETICAL MODEL; ANIMAL; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BRAIN MAPPING; CAT; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANIMALS; AUDITORY CORTEX; BRAIN MAPPING; CATS; MODELS, ANIMAL; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEURONS; SOUND LOCALIZATION;

EID: 18144424804     PISSN: 15449173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0030078     Document Type: Conference Paper

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