Influence of different envelope maskers on signal recognition and neuronal representation in the auditory system of a grasshopper

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Neuhofer, Daniela ^a   Ronacher, Bernhard ^b  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b BERNSTEIN CENTER FOR COMPUTATIONAL NEUROSCIENCE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NERVE FIBER; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY DISCRIMINATION; AUDITORY MASKING; AUDITORY SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FREQUENCY MODULATION; GRASSHOPPER; MALE; NERVE CELL; NOISE; NONHUMAN; SOUND DETECTION; SPIKE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; FEMALE; PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOPHYSICS;

ANIMALIA; HEXAPODA; MAMMALIA;

ANIMALS; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; FEMALE; GRASSHOPPERS; MALE; NEURONS; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; PSYCHOACOUSTICS;

EID: 84859151204     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0034384     Document Type: Article

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