Interaction of excitation and inhibition in anteroventral cochlear nucleus neurons that receive large endbulb synaptic endings

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 22, Issue 24, 2002, Pages 11004-11018

  Kopp Scheinpflug, Cornelia ^a   Dehmel, Susanne ^a   Dörrscheidt, Gerd J ^b   Rübsamen, Rudolf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^b RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bicuculline; Cochlear nucleus; Cochlear suppression; Endbulb of Held; Gerbil; In vivo physiology; Neuronal inhibition; Prepotential units; Spherical bushy cells; Strychnine

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; BICUCULLINE; GLYCINE; STRYCHNINE;

ACOUSTICS; ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; AUDITORY NERVOUS SYSTEM; COCHLEAR NUCLEUS; GERBIL; NERVE CELL; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNAPSE;

EID: 0037115111     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.22-24-11004.2002     Document Type: Article

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