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Functional Imaging of Auditory Cortex in Adult Cats using High-field fMRI
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Functional Imaging of Auditory Cortex in Adult Cats using High-field fMRI

Published on: February 19, 2014

人間の聴覚皮質のトノトープ的組織

G L Romani, S J Williamson, L Kaufman

    Science (New York, N.Y.)
    |June 18, 1982
    PubMed
    まとめ

    神経磁気測定は,聴覚皮質活動の位置が,音の周波数が増加するにつれてより深く移動することを明らかにしています. このトノトープの進行は,対数マッピングに従っており,聴覚処理の理解を深めています.

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