Selective attention to visual stimuli reduces cochlear sensitivity in chinchillas

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 27, Issue 15, 2007, Pages 4146-4153

  Delano, Paul H ^a   Elgueda, Diego ^a   Hamame, Carlos M ^a   Robles, Luis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Attention; Auditory efferents; Cochlear microphonics; Corticofugal; Olivocochlear; Top down

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY DISCRIMINATION; COCHLEA POTENTIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELECTIVE ATTENTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANIMALS; ATTENTION; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; CHINCHILLA; COCHLEA; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; PHOTIC STIMULATION; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 34247160988     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 02706474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3702-06.2007     Document Type: Article

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