Discharge patterns of neurons in the ventral nucleus of the lateral lemniscus of the unanesthetized rabbit

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 1097-1113

  Batra, Ranjan ^a   Fitzpatrick, Douglas C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BINAURAL HEARING; BRAIN NUCLEUS; FEMALE; NERVE CELL; NERVE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT;

EID: 0032821215     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1999.82.3.1097     Document Type: Article

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