Two sources of inhibition affecting binaural evoked responses in the rat's inferior colliculus: The dorsal nucleus of the lateral lemniscus and the superior olivary complex

Hearing Research

Volumn 104, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 112-126

  Kelly, Jack B ^a   Li, Liang ^a,b  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

auditory brainstem; binaural interaction; dorsal nucleus of lateral lemniscus; inferior colliculus; sound localization; spatial hearing; superior olivary complex

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BINAURAL HEARING; DEPTH PERCEPTION; EVOKED AUDITORY RESPONSE; INFERIOR COLLICULUS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SOUND DETECTION; SUPERIOR OLIVARY NUCLEUS;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANIMALS; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY, BRAIN STEM; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID ANTAGONISTS; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; INFERIOR COLLICULUS; KYNURENIC ACID; MALE; OLIVARY NUCLEUS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SOUND LOCALIZATION; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0031081634     PISSN: 03785955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-5955(96)00182-7     Document Type: Article

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