Inhibitory network interactions shape the auditory processing of natural communication signals in the songbird auditory forebrain

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 100, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 441-455

  Pinaud, Raphael ^a,b   Terleph, Thomas A ^c,e   Tremere, Liisa A ^a,b   Phan, Mimi L ^c   Dagostin, André A ^d   Leão, Ricardo M ^d   Mello, Claudio V ^b   Vicario, David S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^e SACRED HEART UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; 6,7 DINITRO 2,3 QUINOXALINEDIONE; AMINO ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; BICUCULLINE; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE 2; QUINOXALINE DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY CORTEX; AUDITORY STIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRODE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EVOKED AUDITORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; HEARING ACUITY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MEDIAL FOREBRAIN BUNDLE; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SONGBIRD; SYNAPSE; WHOLE CELL; ZEBRA FISH; ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL; AUDITORY NERVOUS SYSTEM; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL COUNT; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; FINCH; HEARING; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; IN VITRO STUDY; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL INHIBITION; PHYSIOLOGY; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; VOCALIZATION;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; AUDITORY CORTEX; AUDITORY PATHWAYS; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; BICUCULLINE; CELL COUNT; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID ANTAGONISTS; FEMALE; FINCHES; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; GABA ANTAGONISTS; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEURONS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; QUINOXALINES; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 55249088964     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.01239.2007     Document Type: Article

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