Representation of the spectral dominance region of pitch in the steady-state temporal discharge patterns of cochlear nucleus units

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 124, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 3038-3052

  Shofner, William P ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOCORRELOGRAMS; BEHAVIORAL PERFORMANCES; BEST FREQUENCIES; COCHLEAR NUCLEUSES; DISCHARGE PATTERNS; DOMINANCE REGIONS; FIFTH HARMONICS; FIXED DELAYS; HIGHER HARMONICS; IN PROCESSING; NEURAL MODELS; NEURAL REPRESENTATIONS; SECOND HARMONICS; WIDE BAND NOISES;

DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); HARMONIC ANALYSIS; SPEECH ANALYSIS;

FREQUENCY RESPONSE;

AMPLIFIER; ARTICLE; AUDITORY CANAL; CHINCHILLA; COCHLEAR NUCLEUS; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NOISE; NONHUMAN; PERIODICITY; PITCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECTROSCOPY; STEADY STATE; STIMULUS; TRACHEOTOMY;

ANIMALS; CHINCHILLA; COCHLEAR NUCLEUS; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEURONS; NOISE; PITCH PERCEPTION; REACTION TIME; SOUND SPECTROGRAPHY;

EID: 56749101852     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.2981637     Document Type: Article

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