A monosynaptic GABAergic input from the inferior colliculus to the medial geniculate body in rat

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 17, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 3766-3777

  Peruzzi, Daniel ^a   Bartlett, Edward ^b   Smith, Philip H ^b   Oliver, Douglas L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

auditory pathway; brain slice preparation; dorsal nucleus of the lateral lemniscus; immunohistochemistry; midbrain; reticular formation; retrograde tracing; thalamus

Indexed keywords

2 AMINO 5 PHOSPHONOVALERIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; 6,7 DINITRO 2,3 QUINOXALINEDIONE; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY NERVOUS SYSTEM; BRAIN SLICE; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFERIOR COLLICULUS; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; MEDIAL GENICULATE BODY; MESENCEPHALON; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RETICULAR FORMATION; THALAMUS NUCLEUS;

EID: 0030915960     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.17-10-03766.1997     Document Type: Article

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