Firing properties of chopper and delay neurons in the lateral superior olive of the rat

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 124, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 489-502

  Adam, Trudy J ^a   Schwarz, Dietrich W F ^a   Finlayson, Paul G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chopper; Lateral olivocochlear system; Lateral superior olive; Regularity

Indexed keywords

BIOTIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; CELL ACTIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITE; DEPOLARIZATION; EFFERENT NERVE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HISTOGRAM; HYPERPOLARIZATION; LATENT PERIOD; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REPOLARIZATION; SUPERIOR OLIVARY NUCLEUS;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; DIFFERENTIAL THRESHOLD; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; NEURONS; OLIVARY NUCLEUS; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; REACTION TIME;

EID: 0033037328     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002210050645     Document Type: Article

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