Nerve growth factor modulates information processing in the auditory thalamus

Brain Research Bulletin

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 139-147

  Villa, Alessandro E P ^a   Bajo Lorenzana, Victoria M ^b   Vantini, Guido ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bursting; Cross correlation analysis; Extracellular single unit recording; Firing properties; Medial geniculate body; Nerve growth factor; Neurotrophin; Thalamic reticular nucleus

Indexed keywords

NERVE GROWTH FACTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDIAL GENICULATE BODY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SPIKE; THALAMUS;

EID: 0342902624     PISSN: 03619230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0361-9230(95)02085-3     Document Type: Article

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