Refractoriness enhances temporal coding by auditory nerve fibers

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 33, Issue 18, 2013, Pages 7681-7690

  Avissar, Michael ^a   Wittig, John H ^a,b   Saunders, James C ^c   Parsons, Thomas D ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NERVE FIBER; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; CHICKEN; CORTICAL SYNCHRONIZATION; EVOKED AUDITORY RESPONSE; NERVE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTORY PERIOD; SPIKE; WAVEFORM;

EID: 84877123907     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3405-12.2013     Document Type: Article

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