Mechanisms for signal transformation in lemniscal auditory thalamus

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 76, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 3597-3608

  Tennigkeit, Frank ^a   Schwarz, Dietrich W F ^a   Puil, Ernest ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOPYRIDINE; BARIUM ION; CADMIUM; CALCIUM ION; TETRODOTOXIN;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN SLICE; CALCIUM CONDUCTANCE; CALCIUM CURRENT; DEPOLARIZATION; HEARING; HYPERPOLARIZATION; MEDIAL LEMNISCUS; MEMBRANE STEADY POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; PERCEPTION; POTASSIUM CONDUCTANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REPOLARIZATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SLEEP; SODIUM CONDUCTANCE; THALAMUS; THALAMUS NUCLEUS;

EID: 0030459956     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1996.76.6.3597     Document Type: Article

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