Mechanisms underlying intensity-dependent changes in cortical selectivity for frequency-modulated sweeps

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 107, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 2202-2211

  Razak, K A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Auditory cortex; Sideband inhibition; Vocal processing

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY CORTEX; BAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOLOCATION; EXCITATION; FREQUENCY MODULATED SWEEP; FREQUENCY MODULATION; MEASUREMENT; NERVE CELL; NERVOUS SYSTEM PARAMETERS; NONHUMAN; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUND INTENSITY; TIME; VIBRATION SENSE;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; AUDITORY CORTEX; CHIROPTERA; ECHOLOCATION; NEURAL INHIBITION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84859765135     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00922.2011     Document Type: Article

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