Temporal Profiles of Response Enhancement in Multisensory Integration

Frontiers in Neuroscience

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 218-224

  Rowland, Benjamin A ^a   Stein, Barry E ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

cross modal; enhancement; latency; multisensory; superior colliculus

Indexed keywords

REVIEW; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS;

EID: 70449684810     PISSN: 16624548     EISSN: 1662453X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/neuro.01.033.2008     Document Type: Review

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