Processing of complex stimuli and natural scenes in the auditory cortex

Current Opinion in Neurobiology

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 474-480

  Nelken, Israel ^a  

^a The Silberman Inst of Life Sciences   (Israel)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; AUDITORY CORTEX; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL POPULATION; COCHLEAR NERVE; DEPTH PERCEPTION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EVOKED AUDITORY RESPONSE; FREQUENCY MODULATION; GRAY MATTER; INFERIOR COLLICULUS; MISMATCH NEGATIVITY; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; OLIVARY NUCLEUS; PERIODICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTIVE FIELD; REVIEW; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SYNAPSE; VOCALIZATION;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; AUDITORY CORTEX; AUDITORY PATHWAYS; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; HUMANS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; NEURONS, AFFERENT;

EID: 4043167677     PISSN: 09594388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.conb.2004.06.005     Document Type: Review

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