Representation of species-specific vocalizations in the medial geniculate body of the guinea pig

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 183, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 377-388

  Šuta, Daniel ^a,b   Popelář, Jiří ^a   Kvašňák, Eugen ^a,b   Syka, Josef ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Czech Republic)

^b CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUDITORY CORTEX; CELL POPULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FREQUENCY DISCRIMINATION; GUINEA PIG; HISTOGRAM; MEDIAL GENICULATE BODY; NERVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL DETECTION; SOUND DETECTION; SOUND INTENSITY; SOUND LEVEL MEASUREMENT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; VOCALIZATION;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; FEMALE; GENICULATE BODIES; GUINEA PIGS; NEURONS; REACTION TIME; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 35248850234     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-007-1056-3     Document Type: Article

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