Shared and private variability in the auditory cortex

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 92, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 1840-1855

  Deweese, Michael R ^a   Zador, Anthony M ^a  

^a Watson School of Biological Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; AUDITORY CORTEX; AUDITORY STIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED RESPONSE; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; RAT; RELIABILITY; SENSORY STIMULATION; SIGNAL DETECTION; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; AUDITORY CORTEX; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 4143079351     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00197.2004     Document Type: Article

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