Corticofugal projection inhibits the auditory thalamus through the thalamic reticular nucleus

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 99, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 2938-2945

  Zhang, Zhuo ^a   Liu, Chun Hua ^a,b   Yu, Yan Qin ^a,c   Fujimoto, Kenji ^a   Chan, Ying Shing ^b   He, Jufang ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUDITORY CORTEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; GUINEA PIG; INFERIOR COLLICULUS; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; LATERAL RETICULAR NUCLEUS; MEDIAL GENICULATE BODY; NERVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; POSITIVE FEEDBACK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THALAMUS;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANIMALS; AUDITORY CORTEX; AUDITORY PATHWAYS; BRAIN MAPPING; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; GENICULATE BODIES; GUINEA PIGS; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; NEURAL INHIBITION; THALAMIC NUCLEI;

EID: 57049113848     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00002.2008     Document Type: Article

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