Processing of Communication Calls in Guinea Pig Auditory Cortex

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 12, 2012, Pages

  Grimsley, Jasmine M S ^a,b   Shanbhag, Sharad J ^b   Palmer, Alan R ^a   Wallace, Mark N ^a  

^a MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^b Northeastern Ohio Medical University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY CORTEX; AUDITORY DISCRIMINATION; BRAIN CELL; BRAIN REGION; CELL DENSITY; GUINEA PIG; LANGUAGE PROCESSING; NONHUMAN; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; STIMULUS RESPONSE; VERBAL COMMUNICATION; VOCALIZATION;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ACTION POTENTIALS; ANATOMIC LANDMARKS; ANIMALS; AUDITORY CORTEX; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; GUINEA PIGS; SOUND SPECTROGRAPHY; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

ANIMALIA; CAVIA;

EID: 84871208019     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0051646     Document Type: Article

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