Interaural time difference processing in the mammalian medial superior olive: The role of glycinergic inhibition

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 28, Issue 27, 2008, Pages 6914-6925

  Pecka, Michael ^a,c   Brand, Antje ^b,d   Behrend, Oliver ^b,e   Grothe, Benedikt ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF NEUROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^c Bernstein Center for Computational Neuroscience   (Germany)

^d INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^e Bernstein Center for Computational Neuroscience Munich   (Germany)

Author keywords

Brainstem; Pharmacology; Population coding; Sound localization; Strychnine; Superior oliviary complex

Indexed keywords

GLYCINE; GLYCINE RECEPTOR; CONVULSANT AGENT; STRYCHNINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GERBIL; MEDIAL SUPERIOR OLIVE; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNAPTIC INHIBITION; TIME; ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL; AUDITORY NERVOUS SYSTEM; DRUG EFFECT; HISTOLOGY; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; MAMMAL; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL INHIBITION; OLIVARY NUCLEUS; PHYSIOLOGY; PONS; SOUND DETECTION; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TIME PERCEPTION;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; AUDITORY PATHWAYS; CONVULSANTS; GERBILLINAE; GLYCINE; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; MAMMALS; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEURONS; OLIVARY NUCLEUS; PONS; SOUND LOCALIZATION; STRYCHNINE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TIME FACTORS; TIME PERCEPTION;

EID: 49049088189     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 02706474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1660-08.2008     Document Type: Article

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