Modulation of frequency selectivity by Na+- and K+-conductances in neurons of auditory thalamus

Hearing Research

Volumn 127, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 77-85

  Tennigkeit, Frank ^a   Schwarz, Dietrich W F ^a   Puil, Ernest ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Auditory thalamus; Frequency analysis; Membrane property

Indexed keywords

POTASSIUM ION; SODIUM ION;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FREQUENCY DISCRIMINATION; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE STEADY POTENTIAL; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; POTASSIUM CONDUCTANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SODIUM CONDUCTANCE; SPIKE; THALAMUS;

4-AMINOPYRIDINE; ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANIMALS; AUDITORY PATHWAYS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY; GENICULATE BODIES; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; NEURONS; POTASSIUM; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SODIUM;

EID: 0032921724     PISSN: 03785955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-5955(98)00174-9     Document Type: Article

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