Subthreshold auditory inputs to extrastriate visual neurons are responsive to parametric changes in stimulus quality: Sensory-specific versus non-specific coding

Brain Research

Volumn 1242, Issue , 2008, Pages 95-101

  Allman, Brian L ^a   Keniston, Leslie P ^a   Meredith, M Alex ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arousal; Bimodal; Cross modal; Modulation; Multisensory; Non specific sensory activation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY ANALYSIS; SENSORY NERVE CELL; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANIMALS; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; CATS; NEURONS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 53949102275     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2008.03.086     Document Type: Article

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