The Generation of Direction Selectivity in the Auditory System

Neuron

Volumn 73, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1016-1027

  Kuo, Richard I ^a   Wu, Guangying K ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUDITORY CORTEX; AUDITORY SYSTEM; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FREQUENCY MODULATION; HEARING ACUITY; IN VIVO STUDY; INFERIOR COLLICULUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECEPTIVE FIELD; STIMULUS RESPONSE; SYNAPSE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; ANIMALS; AUDITORY PATHWAYS; BIOTIN; CESIUM; COCHLEAR NUCLEUS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FEMALE; INFERIOR COLLICULI; LIDOCAINE; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PHOTIC STIMULATION; POTASSIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SENSORY RECEPTOR CELLS; SOUND LOCALIZATION; SPACE PERCEPTION; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TETRAETHYLAMMONIUM; THALAMUS;

EID: 84858061470     PISSN: 08966273     EISSN: 10974199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2011.11.035     Document Type: Article

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