Response map properties of units in the dorsal cochlear nucleus of barbiturate-anesthetized gerbil (Meriones unguiculatus)

Hearing Research

Volumn 105, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 85-104

  Gdowski, Greg T ^a,c   Voigt, Herbert F ^b  

^a Boston University   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Barbiturate anesthetized; Dorsal cochlear nucleus; Gerbil; Response map

Indexed keywords

BARBITURIC ACID DERIVATIVE; PENTOBARBITAL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; COCHLEAR NUCLEUS; FEMALE; GERBIL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE UNIT ACTIVITY;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANESTHESIA; ANIMALS; BARBITURATES; BRAIN MAPPING; COCHLEAR NUCLEUS; DECEREBRATE STATE; FEMALE; GERBILLINAE; HORSERADISH PEROXIDASE; NOISE; SOUND LOCALIZATION;

EID: 0031106758     PISSN: 03785955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-5955(96)00196-7     Document Type: Article

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