Marginal shell of the anteroventral cochlear nucleus: Single-unit response properties in the unanesthetized decerebrate cat

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 2083-2097

  Ghoshal, S ^a   Kim, D O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; CAT; COCHLEAR NUCLEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECEREBRATION; LATENT PERIOD; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUND INTENSITY;

EID: 0031002337     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1997.77.4.2083     Document Type: Article

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