A visual cue modulates the firing rate and latency of auditory-cortex neurons in the chinchilla

Journal of Physiology Paris

Volumn 104, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 190-196

  Delano, Paul H ^a,b,c   Elgueda, Diego ^a   Ramirez, Fernando M ^a,b   Robles, Luis ^a   Maldonado, Pedro E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^b Iniciativa Cientifica Milenio Santiago   (Chile)

^c HOSPITAL CLÍNICO UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Auditory cortex; Awake chinchilla; Firing rate; First spike latency; Neural code

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY CORTEX; AUDITORY DISCRIMINATION; AUDITORY STIMULATION; CHINCHILLA; COCHLEA POTENTIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRODE; LATENT PERIOD; NERVE STIMULATION; NEUROMODULATION; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; SPIKE WAVE; STIMULUS RESPONSE; VISUAL STIMULATION;

EID: 77952544823     PISSN: 09284257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jphysparis.2009.11.023     Document Type: Article

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