Responses of young and aged Fischer 344 rat inferior colliculus neurons to binaural tonal stimuli

Hearing Research

Volumn 100, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 59-67

  Palombi, Peggy Shadduck ^a   Caspary, Donald M ^a  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

aging; binaural; inferior colliculus; inhibition; interaural intensity difference; rat

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGED; AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BINAURAL HEARING; CONTROLLED STUDY; INFERIOR COLLICULUS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SINGLE UNIT ACTIVITY;

EID: 0030272205     PISSN: 03785955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-5955(96)00113-X     Document Type: Article

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