The organization and physiology of the auditory thalamus and its role in processing acoustic features important for speech perception

Brain and Language

Volumn 126, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 29-48

  Bartlett, Edward L ^a,b  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amplitude modulation; Calbindin; Corticothalamic; Inferior colliculus; Marmoset; Monotonic; Thalamic reticular nucleus; Thalamocortical; Vocalizations

Indexed keywords

GENICULATE BODY; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

GENICULATE BODIES; HUMANS; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

EID: 84886876869     PISSN: 0093934X     EISSN: 10902155     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bandl.2013.03.003     Document Type: Article

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