Level-tuned neurons in primary auditory cortex adapt differently to loud versus soft sounds

Cerebral Cortex

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 178-190

  Watkins, Paul V ^a   Barbour, Dennis L ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Dynamic range; Input output; Nonmonotonic; Primate

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NERVE FIBER; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; CALLITRICHINAE; NONHUMAN; PRIMARY AUDITORY CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUND; SOUND INTENSITY;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; AUDITORY CORTEX; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CALLITHRIX; LOUDNESS PERCEPTION; NEURONS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 78650037230     PISSN: 10473211     EISSN: 14602199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhq079     Document Type: Article

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