From receptive field dynamics to the rate of transmitted information: Some facets of the thalamocortical auditory system

Neuroembryology and Aging

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 230-238

  Huetz, Chloé ^a   Edeline, Jean Marc ^a,b  

^a INSTITUT D'OPTIQUE GRADUATE SCHOOL   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

Author keywords

Information theory; Learning induced plasticity; Sleep; Spike timing precision; Thalamocortical auditory system; Vocalization

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; AUDITORY CORTEX; AUDITORY DISCRIMINATION; AUDITORY STIMULATION; AUDITORY SYSTEM; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; AVERSIVE BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FREQUENCY MODULATION; GUINEA PIG; HEARING ACUITY; INFERIOR COLLICULUS; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTIVE FIELD; REVIEW; SLEEP WAKING CYCLE; SOUND DETECTION; SOUND TRANSMISSION; SUBTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; THALAMOCORTICAL TRACT; TOPOGRAPHY; VOCALIZATION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 33845965311     PISSN: 16613406     EISSN: 16613414     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000096800     Document Type: Review

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