Transformation of temporal properties between auditory midbrain and cortex in the awake Mongolian gerbil

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 27, Issue 23, 2007, Pages 6091-6102

  Ter Mikaelian, Maria ^a   Sanes, Dan H ^a   Semple, Malcolm N ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Amplitude modulation; Anesthetic effects; Auditory cortex; Binary coding; Inferior colliculus

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUDITORY CORTEX; AUDITORY NERVOUS SYSTEM; GERBIL; INFERIOR COLLICULUS; MESENCEPHALON; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPORAL CORTEX; TIME PERCEPTION;

EID: 34250015779     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 02706474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.4848-06.2007     Document Type: Article

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