Development of inhibitory mechanisms underlying selectivity for the rate and direction of frequency-modulated sweeps in the auditory cortex

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 27, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1769-1781

  Razak, Khaleel A ^a   Fuzessery, Zoltan M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

Auditory cortex; Development; FM sweeps; Inhibition; Pallid bat; Plasticity

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUDITORY CORTEX; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENT; ECHOLOCATION; FEMALE; FREQUENCY MODULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VOCALIZATION;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; AUDITORY CORTEX; CELL COUNT; CHIROPTERA; CRITICAL PERIOD (PSYCHOLOGY); DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; ECHOLOCATION; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY; FEMALE; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEURONS; PREGNANCY; REACTION TIME; SOUND LOCALIZATION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33847101042     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 02706474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3851-06.2007     Document Type: Article

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