A model for interaural time difference sensitivity in the medial superior olive: Interaction of excitatory and inhibitory synaptic inputs, channel dynamics, and cellular morphology

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 25, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 3046-3058

  Zhou, Yi ^a   Carney, Laurel H ^b   Colburn, H Steven ^a  

^a Boston University   (United States)

^b Syracuse Institute for Sensory Research   (United States)

Author keywords

Asymmetrical cell morphology; Binaural hearing; Inhibition; Interaural time differences; Medial superior olive; Neural modeling

Indexed keywords

POTASSIUM CHANNEL; POTASSIUM ION; SODIUM CHANNEL; SODIUM ION;

ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; AUDITORY NERVOUS SYSTEM; BINAURAL HEARING; CELL STRUCTURE; DENDRITE; DYNAMICS; GERBIL; INTERAURAL TIME DISCRIMINATION; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MEDIAL SUPERIOR OLIVE; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; MORPHOLOGY; NERVE CELL; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUND DETECTION; SYNAPSE; TIME;

ANIMALS; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFERENTIAL THRESHOLD; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; GERBILLINAE; ION CHANNEL GATING; ION CHANNELS; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEURONS; OLIVARY NUCLEUS; POTASSIUM; SODIUM; SYNAPSES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 16244405862     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3064-04.2005     Document Type: Article

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