Neural mechanisms of rhythmic masking release in monkey primary auditory cortex: Implications for models of auditory scene analysis

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 107, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 2366-2382

  Fishman, Yonatan I ^a   Micheyl, Christophe ^b   Steinschneider, Mitchell ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Auditory stream segregation; Multiunit activity; Simultaneous suppression; Spectral integration

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY MASKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED RESPONSE; FREQUENCY MODULATION; HAPLORHINI; MALE; NERVE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; PERCEPTION; PRIMARY AUDITORY CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHYSICS; RHYTHMIC MASKING RELEASE; SOUND;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANIMALS; AUDITORY CORTEX; MACACA FASCICULARIS; MALE; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEURONS; SOUND LOCALIZATION;

EID: 84860503079     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.01010.2011     Document Type: Article

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