Single neuron and population coding of natural sounds in auditory cortex

Current Opinion in Neurobiology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 103-110

  Mizrahi, Adi ^a   Shalev, Amos ^a   Nelken, Israel ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR;

AUDITORY STIMULATION; COCHLEA; FREQUENCY MODULATION; INFERIOR COLLICULUS; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NONHUMAN; PRIMARY AUDITORY CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTIVE FIELD; REVIEW; SOUND DETECTION; SPECTRO TEMPORAL RECEPTIVE FIELD; TONOTOPY; VOCALIZATION;

ANIMALS; AUDITORY CORTEX; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; BRAIN MAPPING; HUMANS; NEURONS;

EID: 84884931738     PISSN: 09594388     EISSN: 18736882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.conb.2013.09.007     Document Type: Review

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