Context-dependent synaptic action of glycinergic and GABAergic inputs in the dorsal cochlear nucleus

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 2208-2219

  Golding, Nace L ^a   Oertel, Donata ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

auditory pathways; brain slices; cochlear nuclei; GABA; glycine; hearing; parallel fibers

Indexed keywords

2 AMINO 5 PHOSPHONOVALERIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; 6,7 DINITRO 2,3 QUINOXALINEDIONE; BICUCULLINE METHIODIDE; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR; GLYCINE; GLYCINE RECEPTOR; MUSCIMOL; PICROTOXIN; STRYCHNINE; TETRODOTOXIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COCHLEAR NERVE; COCHLEAR NUCLEUS; DEPOLARIZATION; GABAERGIC TRANSMISSION; GRANULE CELL; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; INTERNEURON; INTRACELLULAR RECORDING; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINDLE CELL; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TISSUE SLICE;

EID: 0030009913     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.16-07-02208.1996     Document Type: Article

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