Equivalent-rectangular bandwidth of single units in the anaesthetized guinea-pig ventral cochlear nucleus

Hearing Research

Volumn 262, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 26-33

  Sayles, Mark ^a   Winter, Ian M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chopper; Cochlear nucleus; Equivalent rectangular bandwidth; Frequency tuning; Guinea pig; Onset; Primary like; Single unit

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ACOUSTIC NERVE FIBER; ANALYTIC METHOD; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY NERVOUS SYSTEM; AUDITORY RESPONSE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; BRAIN STEM; CALCULATION; COCHLEAR NERVE; COCHLEAR NUCLEUS; EQUIVALENT RECTANGULAR BANDWIDTH; EXPERIMENTAL GUINEA PIG; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANIMALS; AUDITORY PATHWAYS; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; COCHLEAR NERVE; COCHLEAR NUCLEUS; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY; GUINEA PIGS; UNCONSCIOUSNESS;

EID: 77649342104     PISSN: 03785955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.heares.2010.01.015     Document Type: Article

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