Gamma-aminobutyric acid is a neurotransmitter in the auditory pathway of oyster toadfish, Opsanus tau

Hearing Research

Volumn 262, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 45-55

  Edds Walton, Peggy L ^a,b   Holstein, Gay R ^a,c   Fay, Richard R ^a,b  

^a MARINE BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

^c MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Auditory processing; Descending octaval nucleus; Directional hearing; Inhibition; Secondary octaval nucleus

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID;

ACOUSTIC NERVE FIBER; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY RESPONSE; BRAIN STEM; CELL SIZE; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL TYPE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GABAERGIC TRANSMISSION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MESENCEPHALON; NERVE CELL; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; OPSANUS TAU; OYSTER; OYSTER TOADFISH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION;

ANIMALS; AUDITORY PATHWAYS; BATRACHOIDIFORMES; BRAIN STEM; COCHLEAR NERVE; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS; SENSORY RECEPTOR CELLS;

EID: 77649341648     PISSN: 03785955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.heares.2010.01.008     Document Type: Article

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