Voltage-gated ionic currents and their roles in timing coding in auditory neurons of the nucleus magnocellularis of the chick

Neuroscience Research

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 29-45

  Koyano, Konomi ^a   Funabiki, Kazuo ^a   Ohmori, Harunori ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Auditory system; Calcium current; Cochlear neuron; Potassium current; Sodium current; Temporal coding; Threshold

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOPYRIDINE; CALCIUM ION; NICKEL; NIFEDIPINE; POTASSIUM ION; SODIUM ION; TETRODOTOXIN; TETRYLAMMONIUM;

ACOUSTIC NERVE FIBER; ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CURRENT; CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; CHICKEN; CODING; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; MAGNOCELLULAR NUCLEUS; NONHUMAN; POTASSIUM CURRENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SODIUM CURRENT; SOUND; SYNAPSE; VOLTAGE CLAMP;

EID: 0030246886     PISSN: 01680102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-0102(96)01071-1     Document Type: Article

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