Varying overall sound intensity to the two ears impacts interaural level difference discrimination thresholds by single neurons in the lateral superior olive

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 103, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 875-886

  Tsai, Jeffrey J ^a   Koka, Kanthaiah ^a   Tollin, Daniel J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; EAR; HEARING ACUITY; INFERIOR COLLICULUS; MEDIAL LEMNISCUS; NERVE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURE TONE AUDIOMETRY; SIMULATION; SOUND INTENSITY; SUPERIOR OLIVARY NUCLEUS; VARIANCE;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANIMALS; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; CATS; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); OLIVARY NUCLEUS; SENSORY RECEPTOR CELLS; SENSORY THRESHOLDS;

EID: 76649132633     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00911.2009     Document Type: Article

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