Noise-gated encoding of slow inputs by auditory brain stem neurons with a low-threshold K+ current

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 102, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 3447-3460

  Gai, Yan ^a   Doiron, Brent ^b   Kotak, Vibhakar ^a   Rinzel, John ^a,c  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; BRAIN STEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; GERBIL; GROUPS BY AGE; NERVE POTENTIAL; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; OLIVARY NUCLEUS; PERINATAL PERIOD; POTASSIUM CURRENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SIMULATION; SOUND; SUPERIOR OLIVARY NUCLEUS; WHITE NOISE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; AUDITORY PATHWAYS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELAPID VENOMS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; GERBILLINAE; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEURONS; NOISE; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; OLIVARY NUCLEUS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PERIODICITY; POTASSIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; POTASSIUM CHANNELS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 72749105146     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00538.2009     Document Type: Article

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