Age differences in the purr call distinguished by units in the adult guinea pig primary auditory cortex

Hearing Research

Volumn 277, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 134-142

  Grimsley, J M S ^a   Palmer, A R ^a   Wallace, M N ^a  

^a MRC INSTITUTE OF HEARING RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL GUINEA PIG; FEMALE; HEARING ACUITY; MALE; NERVE FUNCTION; NONHUMAN; PITCH; PREDICTION; PRIMARY AUDITORY CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOUND DETECTION; SOUND INTENSITY; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; AGE FACTORS; AGING; ANIMALS; AUDIOMETRY, PURE-TONE; AUDITORY CORTEX; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY; FEMALE; GUINEA PIGS; MALE; NEURONS; PITCH DISCRIMINATION; PITCH PERCEPTION; SOUND SPECTROGRAPHY; TIME FACTORS; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 79960249187     PISSN: 03785955     EISSN: 18785891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.heares.2011.01.018     Document Type: Article

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