Excitotoxic lesions of the superior colliculus preferentially impact multisensory neurons and multisensory integration

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 179, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 325-338

  Burnett, Luke R ^a   Stein, Barry E ^a   Perrault Jr , Thomas J ^a,c   Wallace, Mark T ^a,b  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cross modal; NMDA; Plasticity

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EXCITOTOXICITY; INCIDENCE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS;

ANIMALS; BRAIN MAPPING; CATS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID AGONISTS; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; N-METHYLASPARTATE; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; NEURONS, AFFERENT; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS;

EID: 34247604556     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-006-0789-8     Document Type: Article

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