Spike-timing codes enhance the representation of multiple simultaneous sound-localization cues in the inferior colliculus

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 26, Issue 15, 2006, Pages 3889-3898

  Chase, Steven M ^a   Young, Eric D ^a,b  

^a Johns Hopkins University   (United States)

^b 505 Traylor Research Building ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

ILD; Inferior colliculus; Information theory; ITD; Sound localization; Spectral notch; Spike distance metrics

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED BRAIN STEM AUDITORY RESPONSE; INFERIOR COLLICULUS; NERVE CELL; NERVE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUND DETECTION; SOUND INTENSITY; SPIKE WAVE; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TEMPORAL LOBE; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; ANIMAL MODEL; AUDITORY STIMULATION; COMPUTER INTERFACE; NOISE; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; TIME;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANIMALS; CATS; CUES; INFERIOR COLLICULUS; MODELS, ANIMAL; NOISE; OCCIPITAL LOBE; REACTION TIME; SOUND LOCALIZATION; TIME FACTORS; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 33646078110     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 02706474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.4986-05.2006     Document Type: Article

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