Effects of centrifugal pathways on responses of cochlear nucleus neurons to signals in noise

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 702-714

  Mulders, W H A M ^a   Seluakumaran, K ^a   Robertson, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Guinea pig; Masking; Olivocochlear; Onset choppers

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY DISCRIMINATION; AUDITORY MASKING; COCHLEAR NUCLEUS; FEMALE; GUINEA PIG; MALE; NERVE CELL; NOISE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURE TONE AUDIOMETRY; SIGNAL DETECTION;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ANIMALS; AUDITORY PATHWAYS; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; COCHLEA; COCHLEAR NERVE; COCHLEAR NUCLEUS; EFFERENT PATHWAYS; FEMALE; GUINEA PIGS; HAIR CELLS, AUDITORY; MALE; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEURONS; NOISE; PITCH PERCEPTION; PONS; VESTIBULAR NERVE;

EID: 39049131131     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2008.06046.x     Document Type: Article

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