Tonotopic tuning in a sound localization circuit

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 103, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 2857-2875

  Slee, Sean J ^a   Higgs, Matthew H ^a   Fairhall, Adrienne L ^a   Spain, William J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b VA PUGET SOUND HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN SLICE; CONDUCTANCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; MAGNOCELLULAR NUCLEUS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PATCH CLAMP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUND; SOUND DETECTION; SPIKE; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; THALAMUS INTRALAMINAR NUCLEUS; TIME; TONOTOPY; WHITE NOISE; WHOLE CELL;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; CHICK EMBRYO; CHICKENS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; NEURONS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; SOUND LOCALIZATION; SYNAPSES; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77953013749     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00678.2009     Document Type: Article

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