Spectral-shape preference of primary auditory cortex neurons in awake cats

Brain Research

Volumn 1024, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 167-175

  Qin, Ling ^a   Chimoto, Sohei ^a   Sakai, Masashi ^a   Sato, Yu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YAMANASHI   (Japan)

Author keywords

Auditory physiology; Cortical neuron; Formant frequency; Spectral peak; Vowel identification

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NERVE FIBER; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUDITORY CORTEX; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTIVE FIELD; SOUND; SPECTROSCOPY; WAKEFULNESS;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; AUDITORY CORTEX; CATS; NEURONS; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 4644239249     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2004.07.061     Document Type: Article

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