Muscimol suppression of the dorsal cochlear nucleus modifies frequency tuning in rats

Brain Research

Volumn 785, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 309-316

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anteroventral cochlear nucleus; Dorsal cochlear nucleus; Frequency tuning; Muscimol; Rat

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; MUSCIMOL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY NERVOUS SYSTEM; AUDITORY STIMULATION; COCHLEAR NUCLEUS; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; MALE; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANIMALS; AUDITORY PATHWAYS; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; COCHLEAR NUCLEUS; MALE; MUSCIMOL; PITCH DISCRIMINATION; RATS;

EID: 0032473593     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(97)01404-2     Document Type: Article

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