An in vivo intracellular study of auditory thalamic neurons

Thalamus and Related Systems

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 253-260

  Xiong, Ying ^a,c   Yu, Yan Qin ^a,d   Fujimoto, Kenji ^a,e   Chan, Ying Shing ^b   He, Jufang ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c CHONGQING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Action potential; Current injection; Medial geniculate body; Resting membrane potential; Spontaneous firing; Tuning curve

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION; PENTOBARBITAL;

ACOUSTIC NERVE FIBER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; AUDITORY STIMULATION; AUDITORY SYSTEM; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED AUDITORY RESPONSE; GUINEA PIG; IN VIVO STUDY; INTRACELLULAR RECORDING; ION CURRENT; MEDIAL GENICULATE BODY; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPIKE; THALAMUS NUCLEUS;

EID: 0042530512     PISSN: 14729288     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1472-9288(03)00023-2     Document Type: Article

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