Membrane Properties Of Mouse Dorsal Cochlear Nucleus Neurons In Vitro

Journal of Basic and Clinical Physiology and Pharmacology

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 157-180

  Agar, Erdal ^a   Green, Gary G R ^b   Sanders, David J ^b  

^a University of Ondokuz Mays   (Turkey)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

action potential; auditory nerve; hearing system; ion channel blockers

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL; COCHLEAR NERVE; COCHLEAR NUCLEUS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HYPERPOLARIZATION; REVIEW;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; COCHLEA; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; NEURONS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; RAPHE NUCLEI; SPECIFIC PATHOGEN-FREE ORGANISMS; TETRODOTOXIN; VERAPAMIL; VESTIBULOCOCHLEAR NERVE;

EID: 0030731352     PISSN: 07926855     EISSN: 21910286     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/JBCPP.1997.8.3.157     Document Type: Article

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