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Auditory system: a neural substrate for frequency selectivity?

A J King
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Recent results have provided new insights into the complexity of sound frequency representation in the auditory midbrain and may identify a neural substrate for behaviourally determined frequency resolution.

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A J King. 1998-01-01. Auditory system: a neural substrate for frequency selectivity?. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0960-9822(98)70012-0

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