Contralateral inhibitory and excitatory frequency response maps in the mammalian cochlear nucleus

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 24, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 2515-2529

  Ingham, Neil J ^a   Bleeck, Stefan ^a,b   Winter, Ian M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Auditory brainstem; Binaural hearing; Frequency tuning; Guinea pig; Single neurone recording

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BRAIN MAPPING; COCHLEAR NUCLEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EAR; EVOKED BRAIN STEM AUDITORY RESPONSE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GUINEA PIG; LATENT PERIOD; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANIMALS; AUDITORY PATHWAYS; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; BRAIN MAPPING; COCHLEAR NUCLEUS; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; GUINEA PIGS; MICROELECTRODES; NEURAL INHIBITION;

EID: 33750914042     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2006.05134.x     Document Type: Article

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