Multiplexed and robust representations of sound features in auditory cortex

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 31, Issue 41, 2011, Pages 14565-14576

  Walker, Kerry M M ^a   Bizley, Jennifer K ^a   King, Andrew J ^a   Schnupp, Jan W H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NERVE FIBER; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY CORTEX; AUDITORY DISCRIMINATION; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BRAIN CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FERRET; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; PITCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPONSE TIME; SOUND; SPIKE; STIMULUS RESPONSE; VOWEL;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; AUDITORY CORTEX; AUDITORY PATHWAYS; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY; FEMALE; FERRETS; NEURONS; REACTION TIME; SOUND; SOUND LOCALIZATION; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 80054025638     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2074-11.2011     Document Type: Article

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