A role for GABAergic inhibition in electrosensory processing and common mode rejection in the dorsal nucleus of the little skate, Raja erinacea

Journal of Comparative Physiology - A Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology

Volumn 179, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 797-807

  Duman, C H ^a   Bodznick, D ^a  

^a WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dorsal octavolateralis nucleus; Elasmobranch; Electroreception; GABA; Noise suppression

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030451341     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00207358     Document Type: Article

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