The superior olivary nucleus and its influence on nucleus laminaris: A source of inhibitory feedback for coincidence detection in the avian auditory brainstem

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 2313-2325

  Yang, Lichuan ^a   Monsivais, Pablo ^a   Rubel, Edwin W ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Virginia Merrill Bloedel Hearing Research Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Avian superior olivary nucleus; Coincidence detection; GABAergic inhibition; Membrane conductance; Nucleus laminaris; Shunting effect

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; BICUCULLINE METHIODIDE;

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RELEASE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUDITORY NERVOUS SYSTEM; AUDITORY ORIENTATION; AUDITORY RESPONSE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; CHICKEN; EVOKED AUDITORY RESPONSE; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE STEADY POTENTIAL; NERVE FUNCTION; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR BLOCKING; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SOUND DETECTION; SUPERIOR OLIVARY NUCLEUS; THALAMUS INTRALAMINAR NUCLEUS;

EID: 0033559450     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.19-06-02313.1999     Document Type: Article

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