Functional imaging of human auditory cortex

Current Opinion in Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 407-411

  Woods, David L ^a,b   Alain, Claude ^c,d  

^a VA NORTHERN CALIFORNIA HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c ROTMAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Attention; Auditory cortex; Auditory cortical fields; Plasticity; Tonotopy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUDITORY CORTEX; AUDITORY NERVOUS SYSTEM; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HEARING; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TONOTOPY; VOCALIZATION;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ACOUSTICS; ANIMALS; ATTENTION; AUDITORY CORTEX; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; SOUND; SOUND LOCALIZATION; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 70349662320     PISSN: 10689508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MOO.0b013e3283303330     Document Type: Article

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