Neural integration and enhancement from the inferior colliculus up to different layers of auditory cortex

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 110, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1009-1020

  Straka, Malgorzata M ^a   Schendel, Dillon ^a   Lim, Hubert H ^a,b,c  

^a University of Minnesota   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Auditory cortex; Deep brain stimulation; Enhancement; Inferior colliculus; Temporal integration

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY IMPLANT; AUDITORY MIDBRAIN IMPLANT; AUDITORY STIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICAL SYNCHRONIZATION; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; GUINEA PIG; HEARING; INFERIOR COLLICULUS; MALE; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NONHUMAN; PERCEPTION; PRIMARY AUDITORY CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORIMOTOR INTEGRATION; SOUND; SPIKE WAVE;

EID: 84881659048     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00022.2013     Document Type: Article

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