Fine frequency tuning in monkey auditory cortex and thalamus

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 106, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 849-859

  Bartlett, Edward L ^a   Sadagopan, Srivatsun ^a,b   Wang, Xiaoqin ^a  

^a Johns Hopkins University   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bandwidth; Marmoset; Medial geniculate; Thalamocortical dynamics

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY CORTEX; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CALLITRICHINAE; CELL SHAPE; COCHLEAR NERVE; CONTROLLED STUDY; MEDIAL GENICULATE BODY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPONSE TIME; THALAMUS; WAKEFULNESS;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; AUDITORY CORTEX; AUDITORY PATHWAYS; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; CALLITHRIX; REACTION TIME; THALAMUS;

EID: 80051489899     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00559.2010     Document Type: Article

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