Neural rate and timing cues for detection and discrimination of amplitude-modulated tones in the awake rabbit inferior colliculus

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 97, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 522-539

  Nelson, Paul C ^a   Carney, Laurel H ^a,b  

^a Syracuse University   (United States)

^b Institute for Sensory Research   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FEMALE; INFERIOR COLLICULUS; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHYSICS; RABBIT;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; AUDITORY PATHWAYS; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CUES; FEMALE; INFERIOR COLLICULUS; MODELS, ANIMAL; NEURONS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; PITCH DISCRIMINATION; PSYCHOPHYSICS; RABBITS; TIME PERCEPTION;

EID: 33846407636     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00776.2006     Document Type: Article

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