Spectral resolution of monkey primary auditory cortex (A1) revealed with two-noise masking

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 96, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 1105-1115

  Fishman, Yonatan I ^a   Steinschneider, Mitchell ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY CORTEX; AUDITORY MASKING; AUDITORY NERVOUS SYSTEM; AUDITORY SYSTEM FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED AUDITORY RESPONSE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MONKEY; NERVE FUNCTION; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHYSICS; PURE TONE AUDIOMETRY; SOUND DETECTION; SOUND TRANSMISSION;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANIMALS; AUDITORY CORTEX; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY; MACACA FASCICULARIS; MALE; PSYCHOACOUSTICS; STEREOTAXIC TECHNIQUES;

EID: 33748549637     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00124.2006     Document Type: Article

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