Distinct roles for onset and sustained activity in the neuronal code for temporal periodicity and acoustic envelope shape

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 28, Issue 52, 2008, Pages 14230-14244

  Zheng, Yi ^a   Escabí, Monty A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b University of Connecticut   (United States)

Author keywords

Amplitude modulation; Inferior colliculus; Periodicity; Phase locking; Phasic; Repetition; Temporal code; Tonic

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NERVE FIBER; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUDITORY DISCRIMINATION; AUDITORY STIMULATION; CAT; COCHLEAR NERVE; CONTROLLED STUDY; INFERIOR COLLICULUS; NERVE POTENTIAL; NOISE MEASUREMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUND DETECTION;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; AUDITORY PATHWAYS; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; CATS; INFERIOR COLLICULI; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NOISE; PERIODICITY; PSYCHOACOUSTICS; REACTION TIME; SENSORY RECEPTOR CELLS;

EID: 58149394409     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 02706474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2882-08.2008     Document Type: Article

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