Temporal plasticity in the primary auditory cortex induced by operant perceptual learning

Nature Neuroscience

Volumn 7, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 974-981

  Bao, Shaowen ^a   Chang, Edward F ^a   Woods, Jennifer ^a   Merzenich, Michael M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY CORTEX; AUDITORY NERVOUS SYSTEM; AUDITORY STIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; INSTRUMENTAL CONDITIONING; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NOISE; NONHUMAN; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURE TONE AUDIOMETRY; RAT; REWARD; TEMPORAL CORTEX; TRAINING;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; AUDITORY CORTEX; AUDITORY PATHWAYS; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRAIN MAPPING; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; CUES; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY; FEMALE; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SENSORY THRESHOLDS;

EID: 4344616592     PISSN: 10976256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nn1293     Document Type: Article

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