Regularity of firing of neurons in the inferior colliculus

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 77, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 2945-2965

  Rees, Adrian ^a   Sarbaz, Ali ^a   Malmierca, Manuel S ^a,b   Le Beau, Fiona E N ^a,c  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORALOSE;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; COCHLEAR NUCLEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GUINEA PIG; HISTOGRAM; HYPERPOLARIZATION; INFERIOR COLLICULUS; MEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE; MEMBRANE DEPOLARIZATION; NERVE CONDUCTION; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

EID: 0030798936     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1997.77.6.2945     Document Type: Article

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