Learning-induced plasticity in animal and human auditory cortex

Current Opinion in Neurobiology

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 470-477

  Ohl, Frank W ^a   Scheich, Henning ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR NEUROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AUDITORY CORTEX; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN REGION; COGNITION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEARING; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MEMORY; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTIVE FIELD; RECOGNITION; REVIEW; SENSORY CORTEX; STIMULUS; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANIMALS; AUDITORY CORTEX; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HUMANS; LEARNING; NEURONAL PLASTICITY;

EID: 23044493165     PISSN: 09594388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.conb.2005.07.002     Document Type: Review

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