Responses of neurons in the rat's ventral nucleus of the lateral lemniscus to monaural and binaural tone bursts

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 95, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 2501-2512

  Zhang, Huiming ^a   Kelly, Jack B ^a  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPA RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN NERVE CELL; LATENT PERIOD; MEDIAL LEMNISCUS; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NERVOUSNESS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; VENTRAL ROOT;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID ANTAGONISTS; MALE; NEURONS; QUINOXALINES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, AMPA; SYNAPSES; TIME FACTORS; VENTRAL THALAMIC NUCLEI;

EID: 33646191638     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.01215.2005     Document Type: Article

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