Adaptation of firing rate and spike-timing precision in the avian cochlear nucleus

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 28, Issue 46, 2008, Pages 11906-11915

  Kuznetsova, Marina S ^a,b   Higgs, Matthew H ^a   Spain, William J ^a,c,d  

^a Department of Physiology and Biophysics ^*  (United States)

^b Interdisciplinary Graduate Program in Neurobiology and Behavior

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d VA PUGET SOUND HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Coincidence detection; Nucleus magnocellularis; Phase locking; Potassium channel; Sound localization; Spike timing precision

Indexed keywords

ALPHA DENDROTOXIN; DENDROTOXIN; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN SLICE; COCHLEAR NUCLEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPOLARIZATION; FOWL; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUND DETECTION; THALAMUS INTRALAMINAR NUCLEUS;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ACTION POTENTIALS; ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; BIRDS; CHICK EMBRYO; COCHLEAR NUCLEUS; NEURONS; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; POTASSIUM CHANNELS; REACTION TIME; SOUND LOCALIZATION; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 58149336859     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 02706474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3827-08.2008     Document Type: Article

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