Rapid synaptic depression explains nonlinear modulation of spectro-temporal tuning in primary auditory cortex by natural stimuli

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 29, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 3374-3386

  David, Stephen V ^a   Mesgarani, Nima ^a   Fritz, Jonathan B ^a   Shamma, Shihab A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b 2202 A V Williams Building ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY CORTEX; AUDITORY STIMULATION; FERRET; NERVE POTENTIAL; NEUROMODULATION; NOISE; NONHUMAN; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUND; SPECTRO TEMPORAL RECEPTIVE FIELD; SPEECH; STATISTICAL MODEL; SYNAPTIC DEPRESSION; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; AUDITORY CORTEX; AUDITORY PATHWAYS; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; FEMALE; FERRETS; HUMANS; LONG-TERM SYNAPTIC DEPRESSION; MALE; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; SYNAPSES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 63849278675     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.5249-08.2009     Document Type: Article

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