Specialization for sound localization in fields A1, DZ, and PAF of cat auditory cortex

JARO - Journal of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 61-82

  Lee, Chen Chung ^a,b   Middlebrooks, John C ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c University of California at Irvine   (United States)

Author keywords

attention; auditory cortex; dorsal zone; posterior auditory field; primary auditory cortex; sound localization; spatial hearing

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY CORTEX; BRAIN CELL; DORSAL COCHLEAR NUCLEUS; ELECTRODE; EXPERIMENTAL CAT; EXTERNAL EAR; HEARING; LATENT PERIOD; MEASUREMENT ACCURACY; NONHUMAN; PERIODICITY; PRIMARY AUDITORY CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTIVE FIELD; RESPONSE TIME; SOUND DETECTION;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; AUDITORY CORTEX; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; CATS; MODELS, ANIMAL; REACTION TIME; SENSORY RECEPTOR CELLS; SOUND LOCALIZATION;

EID: 84872380396     PISSN: 15253961     EISSN: 14387573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10162-012-0357-9     Document Type: Article

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