Auditory cortical efferent actions upon inferior colliculus unitary activity in the guinea pig

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 249, Issue 2-3, 1998, Pages 172-176

  Torterolo, Pablo ^a,b   Zurita, Patricio ^a   Pedemonte, Marisa ^a   Velluti, Ricardo A ^a  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE BIOQUÍMICA   (Uruguay)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE LA REPÚBLICA   (Uruguay)

Author keywords

Auditory cortex; Cortical stimulation; Efferent system; Inferior colliculus

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY CORTEX; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; EFFERENT NERVE; GUINEA PIG; INFERIOR COLLICULUS; INFORMATION PROCESSING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; AUDITORY CORTEX; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY; GUINEA PIGS; INFERIOR COLLICULUS; NEURONS, EFFERENT;

EID: 0032546893     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(98)00367-X     Document Type: Article

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