Commissural and lemniscal synaptic input to the gerbil inferior colliculus

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 80, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 2229-2236

  Moore, David R ^a,b   Kotak, Vibhakar C ^a   Sanes, Dan H ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

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Indexed keywords

2 AMINO 5 PHOSPHONOVALERIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; 6 CYANO 7 NITRO 2,3 QUINOXALINEDIONE; BICUCULLINE; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; GLYCINE RECEPTOR; GLYCINE RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; IONOTROPIC RECEPTOR; KYNURENIC ACID; STRYCHNINE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUDITORY NERVOUS SYSTEM; BRAIN COMMISSURE; BRAIN SLICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPOLARIZATION; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; GERBIL; HYPERPOLARIZATION; INFERIOR COLLICULUS; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; MEMBRANE CURRENT; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNAPSE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; VOLTAGE CLAMP;

EID: 0031731089     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1998.80.5.2229     Document Type: Article

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