Inhibition of auditory cortical responses to ipsilateral stimuli during dichotic listening: Evidence from magnetoencephalography

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 2329-2336

  Brancucci, Alfredo ^a   Babiloni, Claudio ^a,b   Babiloni, Fabio ^a   Galderisi, Silvana ^c   Mucci, Armida ^c   Tecchio, Franca ^d,e   Zappasodi, Filippo ^d   Pizzella, Vittorio ^f   Romani, Gian Luca ^e,f   Rossini, Paolo Maria ^b,f,g  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b IRCCS ISTITUTO CENTRO SAN GIOVANNI DI DIO FATEBENEFRATELLI   (Italy)

^c SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^d INSTITUTE OF COGNITIVE SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGIES   (Italy)

^e Isola Tiberina   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

^g UNIVERSITY CAMPUS BIO MEDICO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Auditory evoked magnetic fields (AEFs); Auditory pathways; Complex tones; M100; M50; Right auditory cortex

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY CORTEX; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DICHOTIC LISTENING; EVOKED AUDITORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECORDING; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; SOUND INTENSITY;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADULT; AUDITORY CORTEX; DICHOTIC LISTENING TESTS; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MALE; NEURAL INHIBITION;

EID: 2342529032     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0953-816X.2004.03302.x     Document Type: Article

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