Exploiting development to evaluate auditory encoding of amplitude modulation

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 30, Issue 46, 2010, Pages 15509-15520

  Rosen, Merri J ^a   Semple, Malcolm N ^b   Sanes, Dan H ^b  

^a NORTHEAST OHIO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY CORTEX; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; GERBIL; MALE; NERVE CELL; NERVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; AUDITORY CORTEX; AUDITORY PATHWAYS; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; FEMALE; GERBILLINAE; MALE;

EID: 78449250792     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3340-10.2010     Document Type: Article

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