Oscillating neurons in the cochlear nucleus: I. Experimental basis of a simulation paradigm

Biological Cybernetics

Volumn 95, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 371-379

  Bahmer, Andreas ^a   Langner, Gerald ^a  

^a DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; CELLS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CYBERNETICS; DATA ACQUISITION; OSCILLATIONS;

ANATOMICAL DATA; CHOPPER NEURONS; COCHLEAR NUCLEUS; PHYSIOLOGICAL AUDITORY DATA;

NEUROLOGY;

GALLIFORMES;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; AUDITORY NERVOUS SYSTEM; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COCHLEAR NUCLEUS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CYTOLOGY; HEARING; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NERVE CELL; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOPHYSICS; RADIATION RESPONSE; REACTION TIME; TIME;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; AUDITORY PATHWAYS; COCHLEAR NUCLEUS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; HUMANS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEURAL NETWORKS (COMPUTER); NEURONS; PITCH PERCEPTION; PSYCHOPHYSICS; REACTION TIME; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33749343763     PISSN: 03401200     EISSN: 14320770     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00422-006-0092-6     Document Type: Article

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