Modulation of auditory signal-to-noise ratios by efferent stimulation

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 95, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 3562-3570

  Tomchik, Seth M ^a   Lu, Zhongmin ^a,b,c  

^a Department of Biology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUDITORY RESPONSE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EFFERENT NERVE; EVOKED AUDITORY RESPONSE; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SIGNAL PROCESSING; TELEOST;

ANIMALS; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; EFFERENT PATHWAYS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FEEDBACK; FISHES; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; PITCH PERCEPTION;

EID: 33744941559     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00063.2006     Document Type: Article

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