Tuning up the developing auditory CNS

Current Opinion in Neurobiology

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 188-199

  Sanes, Dan H ^a   Bao, Shaowen ^b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPLITUDE MODULATION; AUDITORY CORTEX; AUDITORY DISCRIMINATION; AUDITORY NERVOUS SYSTEM; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN FUNCTION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; COCHLEAR NUCLEUS; COGNITION; DISEASE COURSE; EVOKED BRAIN STEM AUDITORY RESPONSE; FACILITATION; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; LONG TERM DEPRESSION; MESENCEPHALON; MYELINATION; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVE STIMULATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PHONETICS; PLASTICITY; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOUND DETECTION; SPEECH PERCEPTION; SPERMATOGENESIS;

ANIMALS; AUDITORY CORTEX; AUDITORY PATHWAYS; BRAIN STEM; HUMANS; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; SYNAPSES;

EID: 67650759648     PISSN: 09594388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.conb.2009.05.014     Document Type: Review

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