Long-term functional recovery in the rat auditory system after unilateral auditory cortex ablation

Acta Oto-Laryngologica

Volumn 130, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 326-332

  Clarkson, Cheryl ^a,b   López, Dolores E ^a,b,c   Merchán, Miguel Á ^a,b,c  

^a Laboratorio de Neurobiologa de la Audición   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Acoustic startle reflex; Auditory brainstem response; Auditory descending pathways; Corticofugal projection; Post lesion brain plasticity; Prepulse inhibition

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC REFLEX; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUDITORY CORTEX; AUDITORY SYSTEM FUNCTION; BRAIN INJURY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; CORTICOFUGAL NERVE TRACT; DEAFFERENTATION; EVOKED BRAIN STEM AUDITORY RESPONSE; MALE; NERVE TRACT; NONHUMAN; PREPULSE INHIBITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STARTLE REFLEX; SURVIVAL;

EID: 77149172108     PISSN: 00016489     EISSN: 16512553     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00016480903150536     Document Type: Article

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