Delayed inhibition in cortical receptive fields and the discrimination of complex stimuli

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 94, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 2970-2975

  Narayan, Rajiv ^a   Ergün, Ayla ^a   Sen, Kamal ^a  

^a Boston University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUDITORY CORTEX; AUDITORY DISCRIMINATION; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN REGION; CALCULATION; DYNAMICS; INFORMATION PROCESSING; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTIVE FIELD; SONGBIRD; SPEECH; SPIKE; SYNAPTIC INHIBITION; VOCALIZATION;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANIMALS; AUDITORY CORTEX; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEURONS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 24944487929     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00144.2005     Document Type: Article

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