Classification of frequency response areas in the inferior colliculus reveals continua not discrete classes

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 591, Issue 16, 2013, Pages 4003-4025

  Palmer, Alan R ^a   Shackleton, Trevor M ^a   Sumner, Christian J ^a   Zobay, Oliver ^a   Rees, Adrian ^b  

^a MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY RESPONSE; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CLASSIFICATION; CLOSED FREQUENCY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE PEAKED FREQUENCY; GUINEA PIG; INFERIOR COLLICULUS; NARROW FREQUENCY; NERVOUS SYSTEM PARAMETERS; NON MONOTONIC FREQUENCY; NONHUMAN; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RECEPTIVE FIELD; SENSORY SYSTEM ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; TILT DOWN FREQUENCY; TILT UP FREQUENCY; V SHAPED FREQUENCY;

EID: 84881564632     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: 14697793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2013.255943     Document Type: Article

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