In vivo intracellular characteristics of inferior colliculus neurons in guinea pigs

Brain Research

Volumn 759, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 24-31

  Pedemonte, Marisa ^a   Torterolo, Pablo ^b   Velluti, Ricardo A ^a  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE BIOQUÍMICA   (Uruguay)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE LA REPÚBLICA   (Uruguay)

Author keywords

Auditory system; In vivo; Inferior colliculus; Intracellular; Recording

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NERVE FIBER; ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY SYSTEM; DEPOLARIZATION; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EVOKED RESPONSE; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; GUINEA PIG; HYPERPOLARIZATION; INFERIOR COLLICULUS; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; INTRACELLULAR RECORDING; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE; NONHUMAN; POSTSYNAPTIC INHIBITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPIKE WAVE; SYNAPTIC POTENTIAL;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; EAR; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; GUINEA PIGS; INFERIOR COLLICULUS; INTRACELLULAR MEMBRANES; NEURONS; REACTION TIME; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0030748586     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(97)00123-6     Document Type: Article

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