Inferring the role of inhibition in auditory processing of complex natural stimuli

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 107, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 3296-3307

  Schinkel Bielefeld, Nadja ^a   David, Stephen V ^b   Shamma, Shihab A ^b   Butts, Daniel A ^a  

^a Bldg 142   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Audition; Cortex; Model; Nonlinear

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; EXCITATION; NONHUMAN; PRIMARY AUDITORY CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUND; SOUND INTENSITY; SPIKE;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANIMALS; AUDITORY CORTEX; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; FEMALE; FERRETS; MALE; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEURONS; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS;

EID: 84862525136     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.01173.2011     Document Type: Article

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