Auditory map reorganization and pitch discrimination in adult rats chronically exposed to low-level ambient noise

Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience

Volumn , Issue SEPTEMBER, 2012, Pages 1-14

  Zheng, Weimin ^a  

^a NEUROSCIENCES INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Auditory cortex; Auditory operant task; Experience dependent plasticity; Neural plasticity; Pitch discrimination; Rats; Tonotopic map

Indexed keywords

ADULT ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY DISCRIMINATION; AUDITORY FEEDBACK; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED AUDITORY RESPONSE; FREQUENCY MODULATION; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MALE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NOISE; NONHUMAN; PITCH; PRIMARY AUDITORY CORTEX; RAT; SOUND DETECTION; SOUND INTENSITY; TASK PERFORMANCE; TONOTOPY;

EID: 84867186909     PISSN: 16625137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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