Mechanisms underlying directional selectivity for frequency-modulated sweeps in the inferior colliculus revealed by in vivo whole-cell recordings

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 29, Issue 41, 2009, Pages 13030-13041

  Gittelman, Joshua X ^a   Li, Na ^a   Pollak, George D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BAT; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPOLARIZATION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC CURRENT; EVOKED RESPONSE; FREQUENCY MODULATION; IN VIVO STUDY; INFERIOR COLLICULUS; NONHUMAN; POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; PRESYNAPTIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECORDING; SENSORY STIMULATION; SIGNAL DETECTION; SPIKE WAVE; SYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; WHOLE CELL; WHOLE CELL RECORDING; ANIMAL; AUDITORY NERVOUS SYSTEM; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BIOPHYSICS; CYTOLOGY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; METHODOLOGY; NERVE CELL INHIBITION; PATCH CLAMP; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOPHYSICS; SENSORY RECEPTOR; SOUND DETECTION;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANIMALS; AUDITORY PATHWAYS; BIOPHYSICAL PROCESSES; CHIROPTERA; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; INFERIOR COLLICULI; NEURAL INHIBITION; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PSYCHOACOUSTICS; SENSORY RECEPTOR CELLS; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; SOUND LOCALIZATION; SYNAPTIC POTENTIALS;

EID: 70350439145     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2477-09.2009     Document Type: Article

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