Pitch of complex tones: Rate-place and interspike interval representations in the auditory nerve

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 347-362

  Cedolin, Leonardo ^a,b   Delgutte, Bertrand ^a,b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; AUDITORY SYSTEM; CAT; COCHLEAR NERVE; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD METHOD; MEASUREMENT; NONHUMAN; PITCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHYSICS;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANIMALS; CATS; COCHLEAR NERVE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY; NEURONS, AFFERENT; PITCH PERCEPTION; PSYCHOACOUSTICS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 20444388742     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.01114.2004     Document Type: Article

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