The medial nucleus of the trapezoid body in the gerbil is more than a relay: Comparison of pre- and postsynaptic activity

JARO - Journal of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 1-23

  Kopp Scheinpflug, Cornelia ^a   Lippe, William R ^b   Dörrscheidt, Gerd J ^c   Rübsamen, Rudolf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Auditory brainstem; Calyx of Held; MNTB; Neuronal inhibition; Prepotential; Two tone stimulation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BRAIN NUCLEUS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED AUDITORY RESPONSE; GERBIL; NERVE CONDUCTION; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; PRESYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NERVE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; BRAIN STEM; COCHLEAR NUCLEUS; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY, BRAIN STEM; GERBILLINAE; OLIVARY NUCLEUS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SYNAPSES;

EID: 12244276349     PISSN: 15253961     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10162-002-2010-5     Document Type: Article

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