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Temporal and Rate Representations of Time-Varying Signals in Auditory Cortex

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Plasticity and Signal Representation in the Auditory System

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Wang, X., Lu, T., Liang, L. (2005). Temporal and Rate Representations of Time-Varying Signals in Auditory Cortex. In: Syka, J., Merzenich, M.M. (eds) Plasticity and Signal Representation in the Auditory System. Springer, Boston, MA . https://doi.org/10.1007/0-387-23181-1_7

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