Interaction between excitation and inhibition affects frequency tuning curve, response size and latency of neurons in the auditory cortex of the big brown bat, Eptesicus fuscus

Hearing Research

Volumn 174, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 281-289

  Jen, Philip H S ^a   Chen, Qi Cai ^a   Wu, Fei Jian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Auditory cortex; Bat; Bicuculline; Frequency tuning curve; Inhibition; Latency

Indexed keywords

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

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY CORTEX; AUDITORY RESPONSE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BAT; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; LATENT PERIOD; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; TUNING CURVE; ANIMAL; DRUG ANTAGONISM; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL INHIBITION; PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANIMALS; AUDITORY CORTEX; BICUCULLINE; CHIROPTERA; GABA ANTAGONISTS; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEURONS; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; REACTION TIME; RECEPTORS, GABA-A;

EID: 0036888446     PISSN: 03785955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-5955(02)00702-5     Document Type: Article

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