Thalamocortical and corticothalamic interaction in the auditory system

Neuroembryology and Aging

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 239-248

  Zhang, Zhuo ^a   Chan, Ying Shing ^b   He, Jufang ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Auditory cortex; Corticothalamic projections; Dynamic filter; Medial geniculate body; Thalamic reticular nucleus; Thalamocortical projections

Indexed keywords

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; AUDITORY CORTEX; AUDITORY SYSTEM; CELL INTERACTION; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; GENICULATE BODY; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE STIMULATION; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROMODULATION; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RETICULUM CELL; REVIEW; SENSORY NERVE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOUND TRANSMISSION; THALAMOCORTICAL TRACT; THALAMUS NUCLEUS;

EID: 33845967420     PISSN: 16613406     EISSN: 16613414     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000096801     Document Type: Review

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