The neuronal representation of pitch in primate auditory cortex

Nature

Volumn 436, Issue 7054, 2005, Pages 1161-1165

  Bendor, Daniel ^a   Wang, Xiaoqin ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC WAVES; BIODIVERSITY; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; OBJECT RECOGNITION;

ACOUSTIC ENERGY; ACOUSTIC WAVEFORM; AUDITORY CORTEX; AUDITORY OBJECTS;

SENSORY PERCEPTION;

NEUROLOGY;

ACOUSTICS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY CORTEX; BRAIN CORTEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY; HEARING; MARMOSET; MUSIC; NONHUMAN; PITCH; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUND; SPEECH; WAVEFORM;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANIMALS; AUDITORY CORTEX; BRAIN MAPPING; CALLITHRIX; NEURONS; PITCH DISCRIMINATION;

ANIMALIA; MARMOSETS; PRIMATES;

EID: 24144465738     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature03867     Document Type: Article

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