Increase of neuronal response variability at higher processing levels as revealed by simultaneous recordings

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 93, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 3548-3559

  Vogel, A ^a   Hennig, R M ^a   Ronacher, B ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; INTRACELLULAR RECORDING; LOCUST; MALE; NERVE CELL; NERVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SPIKE WAVE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; AUDITORY PATHWAYS; BRAIN; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; FEMALE; GRASSHOPPERS; MALE; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEURONS; REACTION TIME; SOUND LOCALIZATION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 19444364511     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.01288.2004     Document Type: Article

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