Auditory thalamocortical transformation: Structure and function

Trends in Neurosciences

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 255-263

  Winer, Jeffery A ^a   Miller, Lee M ^b   Lee, Charles C ^a   Schreiner, Christoph E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL CONTACT; CELL SPECIFICITY; COCHLEAR NERVE; FOREBRAIN; HEARING; PREDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; THALAMOCORTICAL TRACT; ANIMAL; AUDITORY NERVOUS SYSTEM; BRAIN CORTEX; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; THALAMUS;

ANIMALS; AUDITORY PATHWAYS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; HUMANS; THALAMUS;

EID: 21744456735     PISSN: 01662236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tins.2005.03.009     Document Type: Review

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