Synaptic mechanisms for coding timing in auditory neurons

Annual Review of Physiology

Volumn 61, Issue , 1999, Pages 477-496

  Trussell, Laurence O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Glutamate receptors; Plasticity; Potassium channels; Synapses

Indexed keywords

AMPA RECEPTOR; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR; NEUROTRANSMITTER; NEUROTRANSMITTER RECEPTOR; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; POTASSIUM ION;

ACOUSTIC NERVE FIBER; BRAIN STEM; CHANNEL GATING; COCHLEAR NUCLEUS; DENDRITE; HUMAN; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE ENDING; NERVE POTENTIAL; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SYNAPTIC INHIBITION; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TIME;

ANIMALS; AUDITORY PATHWAYS; BRAIN STEM; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; HUMANS; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; NEURONS; POTASSIUM; REACTION TIME; SYNAPSES;

EID: 0033038107     PISSN: 00664278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.physiol.61.1.477     Document Type: Review

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