The synaptic pharmacology underlying sensory processing in the superior colliculus

Progress in Neurobiology

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 129-159

  Binns, K E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR;

HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENSORY NERVE; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; SYNAPTIC POTENTIAL;

ANIMALS; CATS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; GABA ANTAGONISTS; GLUTAMIC ACID; HABITUATION, PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEURONS, AFFERENT; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS; RATS; RECEPTORS, GABA; RECEPTORS, GLUTAMATE; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; VISUAL PATHWAYS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0032836291     PISSN: 03010082     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-0082(98)00099-9     Document Type: Review

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