Response properties of units in the dorsal cochlear nucleus of unanesthetized decerebrate gerbil

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 1411-1431

  Davis, Kevin A ^a   Ding, Jiang ^a   Benson, Thane E ^a   Voigt, Herbert F ^a,b  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Boston University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; COCHLEAR NERVE; COCHLEAR NUCLEUS; DECEREBRATION; ELECTRODE; FEMALE; GERBIL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029917141     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1996.75.4.1411     Document Type: Article

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