Prolonged maturation of auditory perception and learning in gerbils

Developmental Neurobiology

Volumn 70, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 636-648

  Sarro, Emma C ^a   Sanes, Dan H ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amplitude modulation; Auditory perception; Detection; Development; Perceptual learning

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GERBIL; GROUPS BY AGE; HEARING; JUVENILE; JUVENILE ANIMAL; LEARNING; MALE; NONHUMAN; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL DETECTION; SKILL; SOUND; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRAINING; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; CONDITIONED REFLEX; ELECTRIC SHOCK; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PSYCHOMETRY; SEXUAL MATURATION;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; ELECTROSHOCK; FEMALE; GERBILLINAE; LEARNING; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PRACTICE (PSYCHOLOGY); PSYCHOMETRICS; SEXUAL MATURATION; SIGNAL DETECTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 77954400284     PISSN: 19328451     EISSN: 10974695     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dneu.20801     Document Type: Article

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