Editorial: Making sense of multisensory integration

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 31, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1709-1712

  Molholm, Sophie ^a   Foxe, John J ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUDITORY CORTEX; COCHLEA; EDITORIAL; EPITHELIUM CELL; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NEUROSCIENCE; NEUROTRANSMISSION; PARIETAL LOBE; PERCEPTION; PHOTORECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORIMOTOR INTEGRATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TACTILE DISCRIMINATION; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; VISUAL CORTEX; ANIMAL; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; SENSATION;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NEUROSCIENCES; SENSATION;

EID: 77952619354     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2010.07238.x     Document Type: Editorial

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