Comparison of bandwidths in the inferior colliculus and the auditory nerve. I. Measurement using a spectrally manipulated stimulus

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 98, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 2566-2579

  Mc Laughlin, Myles ^a,b   Van De Sande, Bram ^a   Van Der Heijden, Marcel ^a   Joris, Philip X ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b KU LEUVEN UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIA; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; AUDITORY SYSTEM; BINAURAL HEARING; COCHLEAR NERVE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; HEARING; INFERIOR COLLICULUS; MONAURAL HEARING; NOISE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHYSICS; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOUND; SOUND DETECTION;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CATS; COCHLEAR NERVE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; INFERIOR COLLICULI; NEURONS; PSYCHOACOUSTICS; REACTION TIME; SOUND LOCALIZATION; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

EID: 36249027076     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00595.2007     Document Type: Article

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