Early experience impairs perceptual discrimination

Nature Neuroscience

Volumn 10, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1191-1197

  Han, Yoon K ^a   Köver, Hania ^a   Insanally, Michele N ^a   Semerdjian, John H ^a   Bao, Shaowen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN CELL; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; SENSORY NERVE; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; AUDITORY CORTEX; AUDITORY PERCEPTUAL DISORDERS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 34548299529     PISSN: 10976256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nn1941     Document Type: Article

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