Binaural sensitivity changes between cortical on and off responses

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 106, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 30-43

  Hartley, Douglas E H ^a   Dahmen, Johannes C ^a   King, Andrew J ^a   Schnupp, Jan W H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Auditory cortex; Binaural interactions; Interaural level difference sensitivity; Interaural time delay sensitivity

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; ARTICLE; AUDITORY RESPONSE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; AUDITORY SYSTEM PARAMETERS; BINAURAL HEARING; BRAIN NERVE CELL; INTERAURAL LEVEL DIFFERENCE; INTERAURAL TIME DELAY; NERVE POTENTIAL; NEUROMODULATION; NOISE; NONHUMAN; PRIMARY AUDITORY CORTEX; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURE TONE AUDIOMETRY; SOUND DETECTION; TUNING CURVE;

ANIMALS; AUDITORY CORTEX; AUDITORY PATHWAYS; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; FERRETS; NEURONS; SOUND LOCALIZATION;

EID: 79959982631     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.01070.2010     Document Type: Article

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