Neural encoding in the human brainstem relevant to the pitch of complex tones

Hearing Research

Volumn 275, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 110-119

  Krishnan, Ananthanarayan ^a   Plack, Christopher J ^b  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY DISCRIMINATION; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN STEM; COCHLEAR NERVE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED BRAIN STEM AUDITORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HEARING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUND INTENSITY; SPECTRAL SENSITIVITY; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; AUDIOMETRY; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRAIN STEM; COCHLEAR NERVE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PITCH PERCEPTION; SOUND;

EID: 79955966369     PISSN: 03785955     EISSN: 18785891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.heares.2010.12.008     Document Type: Article

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