Changes in the acoustically evoked activity in the inferior colliculus of the rat after functional ablation of the auditory cortex

Physiological Research

Volumn 51, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2002, Pages

  Nwabueze Ogbo, F C ^a   Popelar J ^a   Syka, J ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Auditory cortex; Corticotectal pathways; Functional ablation; Inferior colliculus; Rat

Indexed keywords

SODIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; TETRODOTOXIN; XYLAZINE;

ACOUSTICS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUDITORY CORTEX; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CELL ACTIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRODE; EVOKED RESPONSE; FACILITATION; INFERIOR COLLICULUS; LATENT PERIOD; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; RAT; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SPIKE WAVE; ANIMAL; AUDITORY NERVOUS SYSTEM; AUDITORY STIMULATION; DRUG EFFECT; EVOKED AUDITORY RESPONSE; LONG EVANS RAT; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANIMALS; AUDITORY CORTEX; AUDITORY PATHWAYS; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY; INFERIOR COLLICULUS; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; REACTION TIME; SODIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; TETRODOTOXIN;

EID: 0036459831     PISSN: 08628408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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