Processing of complex sounds in the auditory system

Current Opinion in Neurobiology

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 413-417

  Nelken, Israel ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUDITORY CORTEX; AUDITORY STIMULATION; AUDITORY SYSTEM; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN STEM; HEARING; HUMAN; INFERIOR COLLICULUS; LOUDNESS; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PITCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOUND; SPEECH; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANIMALS; AUDITORY CORTEX; AUDITORY PATHWAYS; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; BRAIN STEM; COCHLEA; HUMANS; NEURONS;

EID: 55249102623     PISSN: 09594388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.conb.2008.08.014     Document Type: Review

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