Passive exposure of adult cats to moderate-level tone pip ensembles differentially decreases AI and AII responsiveness in the exposure frequency range

Hearing Research

Volumn 268, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 151-162

  Pienkowski, Martin ^a   Eggermont, Jos J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC REFLEX; ADULT ANIMAL; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUDITORY CORTEX; AUDITORY STIMULATION; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EVOKED BRAIN STEM AUDITORY RESPONSE; EXPERIMENTAL CAT; FREQUENCY MODULATION; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; NERVE CELL INHIBITION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPONSE TIME; SOUND INTENSITY; TONOTOPY; VOCALIZATION;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; AUDITORY CORTEX; AUDITORY PATHWAYS; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; BRAIN MAPPING; CATS; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY, BRAIN STEM; NEURAL INHIBITION; SOUND SPECTROGRAPHY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77955768604     PISSN: 03785955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.heares.2010.05.016     Document Type: Article

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