Representation of dynamic interaural phase difference in auditory cortex of awake rhesus macaques

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 101, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1781-1799

  Scott, Brian H ^a,b   Malone, Brian J ^a,c   Semple, Malcolm N ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY CORTEX; AUDITORY DISCRIMINATION; AUDITORY NERVOUS SYSTEM; BINAURAL HEARING; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED AUDITORY RESPONSE; EXPERIMENTAL MONKEY; MALE; NERVE CELL; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHESUS MONKEY; WAKEFULNESS;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ACTION POTENTIALS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; AUDITORY CORTEX; AUDITORY PATHWAYS; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; CUES; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); EAR; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; MACACA MULATTA; NEURONS; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; PSYCHOACOUSTICS; REACTION TIME; TIME FACTORS; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 65949096298     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00678.2007     Document Type: Article

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