Subthreshold multisensory processing in cat auditory cortex

NeuroReport

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 126-131

  Meredith, M Alex ^a   Allman, Brian L ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Convergence; Cortex; Electrophysiology; Visual

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUDITORY CORTEX; AUDITORY STIMULATION; CAT; FACILITATION; MULTISENSORY NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL SUPPRESSION; NERVOUS SYSTEM ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL STIMULATION; ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL; HEARING; MICROELECTRODE; NERVE CELL; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; VISION;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; AUDITORY CORTEX; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; CATS; MICROELECTRODES; NEURONS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 59149105067     PISSN: 09594965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/WNR.0b013e32831d7bb6     Document Type: Article

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