Activity related to perceptual judgment and action in primary auditory cortex

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 32, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 3193-3210

  Niwa, Mamiko ^a   Johnson, Jeffrey S ^a   O'Connor, Kevin N ^a,b   Sutter, Mitchell L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY DISCRIMINATION; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; MACACA MULATTA; MALE; NOISE; NONHUMAN; PRIMARY AUDITORY CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REWARD; SINGLE UNIT ACTIVITY; SOMATOSENSORY SYSTEM; SPIKE WAVE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; AUDITORY CORTEX; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; BRAIN MAPPING; FEMALE; JUDGMENT; MACACA MULATTA; MALE; RANDOM ALLOCATION;

EID: 84863261959     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0767-11.2012     Document Type: Article

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