Muscimol suppression of the dorsal cochlear nucleus impairs frequency discrimination in rats

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 97, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 79-88

  Paolini, Antonio G ^a   Cotterill, Emma L ^a   Bairaktaris, Dimitrios ^a   Clark, Graeme M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Behavioural conditioning; Dorsal cochlear nucleus; Frequency discrimination; Muscimol; Rats

Indexed keywords

MUSCIMOL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUDITORY DISCRIMINATION; COCHLEAR NUCLEUS; CONDITIONING; FREQUENCY DISCRIMINATION; MALE; NERVE TRACT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANIMALS; COCHLEAR NUCLEUS; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; GABA AGONISTS; MALE; MUSCIMOL; PITCH DISCRIMINATION; RATS; STEREOTAXIC TECHNIQUES;

EID: 0032403130     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-4328(98)00029-1     Document Type: Article

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