Intracellular response properties of units in the dorsal cochlear nucleus of unanesthetized decerebrate gerbil

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 77, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 2549-2572

  Ding, Jiang ^a   Voigt, Herbert F ^a,b  

^a Boston University   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; COCHLEAR NUCLEUS; DECEREBRATION; EVOKED BRAIN STEM AUDITORY RESPONSE; GERBIL; HYPERPOLARIZATION; INTRACELLULAR RECORDING; MEMBRANE STEADY POTENTIAL; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030912807     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1997.77.5.2549     Document Type: Article

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