Synaptic integration in auditory cortex

The Auditory Cortex

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 235-249

  Wehr, Michael ^a   Metherate, Raju ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4419-0074-6_11     Document Type: Chapter

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