A role for short-term synaptic facilitation and depression in the processing of intensity information in the auditory brain stem

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 97, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 2863-2874

  MacLeod, K M ^a   Horiuchi, T K ^b   Carr, C E ^a  

^a Bldg 142   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BRAIN NUCLEUS; BRAIN STEM; COCHLEAR NERVE; COCHLEAR NUCLEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; EMBRYO CELL; EVOKED BRAIN STEM AUDITORY RESPONSE; FACILITATION; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEADY STATE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; BRAIN STEM; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CHICK EMBRYO; COCHLEAR NERVE; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NERVE FIBERS; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; SYNAPSES; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 34147109163     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.01030.2006     Document Type: Article

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