Auditory response properties of neurons in the tectal longitudinal column of the rat

Hearing Research

Volumn 244, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 35-44

  Marshall, Allen F ^a   Pearson, James M ^a   Falk, Stephanie E ^a   Skaggs, John D ^a   Crocker, William D ^a   Saldaña, Enrique ^b   Fitzpatrick, Douglas C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Inferior colliculus; Midbrain tectum; Periaqueductal gray; Superior colliculus

Indexed keywords

AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUDITORY NERVOUS SYSTEM; AUDITORY STIMULATION; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; BRAIN NUCLEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED BRAIN STEM AUDITORY RESPONSE; INFERIOR COLLICULUS; LATENT PERIOD; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TECTUM;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ACOUSTICS; ANIMALS; AUDITORY PATHWAYS; ELECTRODES; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY; INFERIOR COLLICULI; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REACTION TIME;

EID: 52049108698     PISSN: 03785955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.heares.2008.07.001     Document Type: Article

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