Systematic representation of sound locations in the primary auditory cortex

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 31, Issue 39, 2011, Pages 13848-13859

  Razak, Khaleel A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY DISCRIMINATION; AUDITORY STIMULATION; AZIMUTH RECEPTIVE FIELD; BAT; BINAURAL HEARING; BRAIN MAPPING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; MALE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIMARY AUDITORY CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTIVE FIELD; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOUND DETECTION; SPATIAL DISCRIMINATION; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANIMALS; AUDITORY CORTEX; AUDITORY PATHWAYS; BRAIN MAPPING; CHIROPTERA; FEMALE; MALE; SOUND LOCALIZATION;

EID: 80053231999     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1937-11.2011     Document Type: Article

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