Neonatal frequency discrimination in 250-4000-Hz range: Electrophysiological evidence

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 118, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 412-419

  Novitski, Nikolai ^a   Huotilainen, Minna ^a   Tervaniemi, Mari ^a   Näätänen, Risto ^a   Fellman, Vineta ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Frequency discrimination; MMN; Newborn infants

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FREQUENCY DISCRIMINATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MISMATCH NEGATIVITY; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NEWBORN; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; AGING; AUDITORY PATHWAYS; BRAIN; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY; FEMALE; HEARING TESTS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PITCH DISCRIMINATION; REACTION TIME;

EID: 33845917010     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2006.10.008     Document Type: Article

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