Interaural level difference discrimination thresholds for single neurons in the lateral superior olive

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 28, Issue 19, 2008, Pages 4848-4860

  Tollin, Daniel J ^a   Koka, Kanthaiah ^a   Tsai, Jeffrey J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Binaural hearing; Detection theory; Interaural level difference; Lower envelope; Sound localization; Variability

Indexed keywords

BARBITURIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CAT; COCHLEAR NERVE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HISTOLOGY; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUND; SUPERIOR OLIVARY NUCLEUS; ANIMAL; AUDITORY STIMULATION; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYTOLOGY; EAR; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; OLIVARY NUCLEUS; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PHYSIOLOGY; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PSYCHOPHYSICS; ROC CURVE;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANIMALS; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CATS; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); EAR; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; NEURONS; OLIVARY NUCLEUS; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PSYCHOPHYSICS; ROC CURVE; SIGNAL DETECTION (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 44949143976     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 02706474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.5421-07.2008     Document Type: Article

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