Asymmetric excitatory synaptic dynamics underlie interaural time difference processing in the auditory system

PLoS Biology

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2010, Pages

  Jercog, Pablo E ^a,b   Svirskis, Gytis ^b   Kotak, Vibhakar C ^b   Sanes, Dan H ^b   Rinzel, John ^b,c  

^a POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NERVE FIBER; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUDITORY SYSTEM PARAMETERS; BIOPHYSICS; BRAIN TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPOLARIZATION; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; INTERAURAL TIME DIFFERENCES; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; POTASSIUM CONDUCTANCE; SUPERIOR OLIVARY NUCLEUS; TEMPORAL SUMMATION; ANIMAL; AUDITORY NERVOUS SYSTEM; GERBIL; IN VITRO STUDY; PHYSIOLOGY; SOUND; SYNAPSE;

ANIMALS; AUDITORY PATHWAYS; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; GERBILLINAE; SOUND; SYNAPSES;

EID: 77954737990     PISSN: 15449173     EISSN: 15457885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.1000406     Document Type: Article

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