Temporal and mean rate discharge patterns of single units in the dorsal cochlear nucleus of the anesthetized guinea pig

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 1667-1688

  Stabler, Sheena E ^b   Palmer, Alan R ^a   Winter, Ian M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANESTHESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUDIOGRAPHY; COCHLEAR NUCLEUS; DECISION THEORY; GUINEA PIG; HISTOGRAM; HYPERPOLARIZATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTIVE FIELD; SINGLE UNIT ACTIVITY; SPIKE;

EID: 0029780741     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1996.76.3.1667     Document Type: Article

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