Neural timing, inhibition and the nature of stellate cell interaction in the ventral cochlear nucleus

Hearing Research

Volumn 216-217, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 31-42

  Needham, Karina ^a,b   Paolini, Antonio G ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b BIONIC EAR INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^c LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chopper cells; Cochlear nucleus; Commissural; Intracellular; Onset cells; Stellate neurons

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIDROMIC STIMULATION; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BRAIN COMMISSURE; CELL INTERACTION; CELL POPULATION; COCHLEAR NUCLEUS; COMPREHENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE PROJECTION; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECORDING; STELLATE CELL; SYNAPTIC INHIBITION; SYNAPTIC POTENTIAL;

ANIMALS; AUDITORY PATHWAYS; CELL COMMUNICATION; COCHLEAR NUCLEUS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REACTION TIME; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 33744978133     PISSN: 03785955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.heares.2006.01.016     Document Type: Article

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