Single neuron recordings in dorsal cochlear nucleus (DCN) of awake gerbil

Hearing Research

Volumn 255, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 44-57

  Navawongse, Rapeechai ^a   Voigt, Herbert F ^a  

^a Boston University   (United States)

Author keywords

Awake recording; Dorsal cochlear nucleus; Electrophysiology; Gerbil; Notch noise; Response map

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUDITORY RESPONSE; CELL FUNCTION; COCHLEAR NUCLEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECEREBRATION; FEMALE; GERBIL; HISTOGRAM; NERVE CELL; NOISE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STIMULUS RESPONSE; WAKEFULNESS;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANIMALS; AUDITORY PATHWAYS; COCHLEAR NUCLEUS; DECEREBRATE STATE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY, BRAIN STEM; FEMALE; GERBILLINAE; NEURONS; RESTRAINT, PHYSICAL; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 67749103502     PISSN: 03785955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.heares.2009.05.004     Document Type: Article

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