Spatial sensitivity of neurons in the anterior, posterior, and primary fields of cat auditory cortex

Hearing Research

Volumn 240, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 22-41

  Harrington, Ian A ^a,b   Stecker, G Christopher ^a,c   Macpherson, Ewan A ^a   Middlebrooks, John C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b AUGUSTANA COLLEGE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Auditory cortex; Sound localization

Indexed keywords

CHLORALOSE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTERIOR AUDITORY FIELD; ARTICLE; AUDITORY CORTEX; AUDITORY SYSTEM PARAMETERS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; NERVE CONDUCTION; NONHUMAN; POSTERIOR AUDITORY FIELD; PRIMARY AUDITORY FIELD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOGNITION; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; SOUND PRESSURE; SPATIAL DISCRIMINATION; SPIKE WAVE; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANIMALS; AUDITORY CORTEX; AUDITORY PATHWAYS; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CATS; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY; FEMALE; MALE; NEURONS; PRESSURE; REACTION TIME; SOUND LOCALIZATION;

EID: 44649197158     PISSN: 03785955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.heares.2008.02.004     Document Type: Article

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