Critical period window for spectral tuning defined in the primary auditory cortex (A1) in the rat

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 180-189

  De Villers Sidani, Etienne ^a   Chang, Edward F ^a   Bao, Shaowen ^b   Merzenich, Michael M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Development; Environment; Frequency; Learning; Plasticity; Sensory

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY CORTEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENERAL MEDICAL AIDS; LEARNING; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

AGING; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; AUDITORY CORTEX; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY; FEMALE; LEARNING; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; PITCH PERCEPTION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33846158110     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 02706474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3227-06.2007     Document Type: Article

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