Distinct time scales in cortical discrimination of natural sounds in songbirds

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 252-258

  Narayan, Rajiv ^a   Graña, Gilberto ^a   Sen, Kamal ^a  

^a Boston University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUDITORY CORTEX; BRAIN CELL; BRAIN CORTEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; MALE; NERVE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY STIMULATION; SOMATOSENSORY SYSTEM; SONGBIRD; SOUND; SPEECH ANALYSIS; TIME PERCEPTION; VISUAL SYSTEM;

ANIMALS; AUDITORY CORTEX; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; FINCHES; MALE; NEURONS, AFFERENT; TIME FACTORS; TIME PERCEPTION; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 33745737351     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.01257.2005     Document Type: Article

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