Electrical membrane properties of trapezoid body neurons in the rat auditory brain stem are preserved in organotypic slice cultures

Journal of Neurobiology

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 395-409

  Löhrke, Stefan ^a   Kungel, Martin ^a   Friauf, Eckhard ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Auditory brain stem; Organotypic slice culture; Rat; Voltage activated currents

Indexed keywords

AFTERHYPERPOLARIZATION; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUDITORY NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; NERVE POTENTIAL; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; POTASSIUM CURRENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SODIUM CURRENT; SOUND DETECTION; SUPERIOR OLIVARY NUCLEUS;

EID: 0032486985     PISSN: 00223034     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4695(19980905)36:3<395::AID-NEU7>3.0.CO;2-R     Document Type: Article

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