Cortical modulation of auditory processing in the midbrain

Frontiers in Neural Circuits

Volumn , Issue JAN, 2013, Pages

  Bajo, Victoria M ^a   King, Andrew J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Auditory cortex; Corticofugal; Descending projection; Inferior colliculus; Plasticity; Sound localization

Indexed keywords

AUDITORY CORTEX; AUDITORY RESPONSE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BRAIN CELL; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN REGION; CELL STRUCTURE; EVOKED AUDITORY RESPONSE; FUNCTIONAL ELECTRICAL STIMULATION; HEARING; HUMAN; INFERIOR COLLICULUS; MESENCEPHALON; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NERVE CONDUCTION; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; REVIEW; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 84872116174     PISSN: 16625110     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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