GABAergic disinhibition changes the recovery cycle of bat inferior collicular neurons

Journal of Comparative Physiology - A Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology

Volumn 181, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 331-341

  Lu, Y ^a   Jen, P H S ^a   Zheng, Q Y ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b JACKSON LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bat; Bicuculline; GABAergic; Inferior colliculus; Recovery cycle

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; BICUCULLINE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BAT; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; FEMALE; INFERIOR COLLICULUS; IONTOPHORESIS; MALE; NERVE CELL; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BICUCULLINE; CHIROPTERA; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; FEMALE; GABA ANTAGONISTS; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; INFERIOR COLLICULUS; IONTOPHORESIS; MALE; NEURONS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0031259788     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003590050119     Document Type: Article

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