Powerful, onset inhibition in the ventral nucleus of the lateral lemniscus

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 1651-1654

  Nayagam, David A X ^a,b   Clarey, Janine C ^a   Paolini, Antonio G ^c  

^a BIONIC EAR INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

URETHAN;

ACOUSTIC NERVE FIBER; ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COCHLEAR NUCLEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; INFERIOR COLLICULUS; INTRACELLULAR RECORDING; MALE; NERVE CELL INHIBITION; NOISE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 23044436748     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00167.2005     Document Type: Article

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