Efficient encoding of vocalizations in the auditory midbrain

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 802-819

  Holmstrom, Lars A ^a   Eeuwes, Lonneke B M ^b   Roberts, Patrick D ^a,c   Portfors, Christine V ^b  

^a PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; AUDITORY SYSTEM; BRAIN CORTEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; INFERIOR COLLICULUS; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OSCILLOMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUND DETECTION; STEREOTACTIC PROCEDURE; VOCALIZATION; ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL; AUDITORY NERVOUS SYSTEM; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BRAIN MAPPING; CBA MOUSE; CYTOLOGY; HEARING; METHODOLOGY; NERVE CELL; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOPHYSICS; SPECTROSCOPY; STATISTICS; TIME; ULTRASOUND;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; AUDITORY PATHWAYS; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; BRAIN MAPPING; FEMALE; INFERIOR COLLICULI; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED CBA; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEURONS; PSYCHOACOUSTICS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; TIME FACTORS; ULTRASONICS; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 75749085398     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1964-09.2010     Document Type: Article

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