GABAergic and glycinergic inhibition sharpens tuning for frequency modulations in the inferior colliculus of the big brown bat

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 71-82

  Koch, U ^a   Grothe, B ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b Zoologisches Institut   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BICUCULLINE; STRYCHNINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY NERVOUS SYSTEM; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FREQUENCY MODULATION; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; GABAERGIC TRANSMISSION; INFERIOR COLLICULUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031815896     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1998.80.1.71     Document Type: Article

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