Neurometric amplitude-modulation detection threshold in the guinea-pig ventral cochlear nucleus

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 591, Issue 13, 2013, Pages 3401-3419

  Sayles, Mark ^a,b,c,e   Füllgrabe, Christian ^b,d   Winter, Ian M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b MRC INSTITUTE OF HEARING RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^c NOTTINGHAM UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^d University of Cambridge   (United Kingdom)

^e Nose and Throat Centre   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NERVE FIBER; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; BRAIN NERVE CELL; EXPERIMENTAL GUINEA PIG; FREQUENCY MODULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHYSICS; SOUND DETECTION; SOUND INTENSITY; SPIKE WAVE; SYNAPSE; TUNING CURVE; VENTRAL COCHLEAR NUCLEUS; ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL; AUDITORY STIMULATION; COCHLEAR NUCLEUS; GUINEA PIG; PHYSIOLOGY; SOUND;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; COCHLEAR NUCLEUS; GUINEA PIGS; SOUND;

EID: 84879841534     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: 14697793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2013.253062     Document Type: Article

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