Neural sensitivity to interaural envelope delays in the inferior colliculus of the guinea pig

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 93, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 3463-3478

  Griffin, Sarah J ^a,b   Bernstein, Leslie R ^c   Ingham, Neil J ^a,d   McAlpine, David ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^d PHYSIOLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NERVE FIBER; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUDIOMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; INFERIOR COLLICULUS; LOW FREQUENCY NOISE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHYSICS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TIME PERCEPTION; WAVEFORM;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANIMALS; AUDITORY PATHWAYS; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; EAR; GUINEA PIGS; INFERIOR COLLICULUS; NEURONS; PSYCHOACOUSTICS; REACTION TIME; SOUND LOCALIZATION; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; TIME PERCEPTION;

EID: 19344378118     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00794.2004     Document Type: Article

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