Whole cell recordings of intrinsic properties and sound-evoked responses from the inferior colliculus

Neuroscience

Volumn 154, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 245-256

  Xie, R ^a   Gittelman, J X ^a   Li, N ^a   Pollak, G D ^a  

^a Center for Perceptual Systems   (United States)

Author keywords

in vivo whole cell recordings; inferior colliculus; inhibition; intrinsic properties; synaptic responses; tuning

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BAT; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CELL FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPOLARIZATION; EVOKED BRAIN STEM AUDITORY RESPONSE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; IN VIVO STUDY; INFERIOR COLLICULUS; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WAKEFULNESS; WHOLE CELL;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; CHIROPTERA; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY; INFERIOR COLLICULI; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEURONS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; SOUND;

EID: 44749094455     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2008.02.039     Document Type: Article

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