Discrimination of communication vocalizations by single neurons and groups of neurons in the auditory midbrain

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 103, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 3248-3265

  Schneider, David M ^a   Woolley, Sarah M N ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NERVE FIBER; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; AUDITORY SYSTEM; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VOCALIZATION;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; AUDITORY PATHWAYS; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY, BRAIN STEM; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEURONS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL; ZEBRAFISH;

EID: 77953531097     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.01131.2009     Document Type: Article

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