Influence of urethane anesthesia on neural processing in the auditory cortex analogue of a songbird

Hearing Research

Volumn 96, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 59-70

  Capsius, Björn ^a   Leppelsack, Hans J ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anesthesia; Auditory cortex analogue; Songbird; Telencephalon; Urethane

Indexed keywords

URETHAN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUDITORY CORTEX; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BIRD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; FOREBRAIN; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TELENCEPHALON; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 0030184528     PISSN: 03785955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-5955(96)00038-X     Document Type: Article

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