The role of broadband inhibition in the rate representation of spectral cues for sound localization in the inferior colliculus

Hearing Research

Volumn 238, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 77-93

  May, Bradford J ^a   Anderson, Michael ^b   Roos, Matthew ^c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Johns Hopkins University   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Head related transfer function; Level tolerance; Monaural hearing; Spatial tuning; Spectral integration

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; CAT; EARDRUM; HEAD; INFERIOR COLLICULUS; MALE; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANIMALS; AUDITORY PATHWAYS; CATS; CUES; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY, BRAIN STEM; INFERIOR COLLICULI; MALE; NEURAL INHIBITION; SOUND LOCALIZATION; SOUND SPECTROGRAPHY; TIME FACTORS; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 40849114327     PISSN: 03785955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.heares.2008.01.008     Document Type: Article

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