Enhancement and Distortion in the Temporal Representation of Sounds in the Ventral Cochlear Nucleus of Chinchillas and Cats

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 9, 2012, Pages

  Recio Spinoso, Alberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CASTILLA LA MANCHA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NERVE FIBER; ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; CAT; CHINCHILLA; COCHLEAR NUCLEUS; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PERCEPTION DISORDER; SOUND; SOUND DETECTION; WHITE NOISE;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANIMALS; AUDITORY PATHWAYS; CATS; CHINCHILLA; COCHLEAR NERVE; COCHLEAR NUCLEUS; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY; FEMALE; MALE; SENSORY RECEPTOR CELLS;

CHINCHILLIDAE;

EID: 84866479474     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0044286     Document Type: Article

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