Sensitivity of auditory cortical neurons to the locations of leading and lagging sounds

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 979-989

  Mickey, Brian J ^a   Middlebrooks, John C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NERVE FIBER; ANESTHESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY CORTEX; AUDITORY STIMULATION; CAT; CLICK; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEARING; INFORMATION PROCESSING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHYSICS; SINGLE UNIT ACTIVITY; SOUND; SOUND DETECTION; SOUND INTENSITY; SPIKE; WAKEFULNESS;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; AUDITORY CORTEX; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; CATS; MALE; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEURONS; REACTION TIME; SOUND; SOUND LOCALIZATION; TIME FACTORS; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 23044437191     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00580.2004     Document Type: Article

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