The columnar region of the ventral nucleus of the lateral lemniscus in the big brown bat (Eptesicus fuscus): Synaptic arrangements and structural correlates of feedforward inhibitory function

Cell and Tissue Research

Volumn 289, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 223-233

  Vater, M ^a,c   Covey, E ^b   Casseday, J H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Auditory pathway; Auditory system; Eptesicus fuscus (chiroptera); GABA (gamma aminobutyric acid); Glycine; Inhibitory synapses

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GLYCINE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUDITORY NERVOUS SYSTEM; BAT; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MEDIAL LEMNISCUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNAPSE VESICLE; SYNAPTIC INHIBITION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ANIMALIA; CALYX; CHIROPTERA; EPTESICUS FUSCUS; LEMNISCUS;

EID: 0030812443     PISSN: 0302766X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004410050869     Document Type: Article

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