Functional gradients of auditory sensitivity along the anterior ectosylvian sulcus of the cat

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 28, Issue 14, 2008, Pages 3657-3667

  Las, Liora ^a,b   Shapira, Ayelet Hashahar ^a   Nelken, Israel ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anterior ectosylvian sulcus; Auditory cortex; Cat; Electrophysiology; HRTF; Sound localization

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NERVE FIBER; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTERIOR ECTOSYLVIAN SULCUS; ARTICLE; AUDITORY CORTEX; AUDITORY STIMULATION; CAT; HEARING ACUITY; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTIVE FIELD; SOUND DETECTION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; ACTION POTENTIAL; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; AUDITORY NERVOUS SYSTEM; BRAIN MAPPING; CYTOLOGY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; HEARING; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; METHODOLOGY; NERVE CELL; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIATION RESPONSE; REACTION TIME;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ACTION POTENTIALS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; AUDITORY CORTEX; AUDITORY PATHWAYS; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; BRAIN MAPPING; CATS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; NEURONS; REACTION TIME; SPACE PERCEPTION;

EID: 43649101448     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 02706474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.4539-07.2008     Document Type: Article

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