Non-Linearities and the Representation of Auditory Spectra

International Review of Neurobiology

Volumn 70, Issue , 2005, Pages 135-168

  Young, Eric D ^a   Yu, Jane J ^b   Reiss, Lina A J ^c  

^a Johns Hopkins University   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; AUDITORY NERVOUS SYSTEM; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COCHLEAR NUCLEUS; CYTOLOGY; HEARING; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NERVE CELL; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SPECTROSCOPY; VESTIBULOCOCHLEAR NERVE;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANIMALS; AUDITORY PATHWAYS; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; COCHLEAR NUCLEUS; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEURONS; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; VESTIBULOCOCHLEAR NERVE;

EID: 33645739887     PISSN: 00747742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0074-7742(05)70005-2     Document Type: Review

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