Cues for sound localization are encoded in multiple aspects of spike trains in the inferior colliculus

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 99, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1672-1682

  Chase, Steven M ^a,c   Young, Eric D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Johns Hopkins University   (United States)

^c MCGOWAN INSTITUTE FOR REGENERATIVE MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION CORTEX; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BRAIN NERVE CELL; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; INFERIOR COLLICULUS; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUND DETECTION; SPECTROSCOPY; SPIKE WAVE;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; CATS; CUES; DECEREBRATE STATE; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY; INFERIOR COLLICULI; SOUND LOCALIZATION;

EID: 42249107515     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00644.2007     Document Type: Article

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