Effects of medial olivocochlear efferent stimulation on the activity of neurons in the auditory midbrain

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 186, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 161-174

  Seluakumaran, Kumar ^a   Mulders, Wilhelmina H A M ^a   Robertson, Donald ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Efferents; Gentamicin; Guinea pig; Inferior colliculus

Indexed keywords

GENTAMICIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GUINEA PIG; INFERIOR COLLICULUS; MALE; MEDIAL OLIVOCOCHLEAR EFFERENT STIMULATION; MESENCEPHALON; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANIMALS; AUDITORY CORTEX; AXONS; COCHLEA; EFFERENT PATHWAYS; FEMALE; GENTAMICINS; GUINEA PIGS; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; NEURONS; NOISE; OLIVARY NUCLEUS;

EID: 40149086394     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-007-1219-2     Document Type: Article

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