GABAergic inhibition sharpens the frequency tuning and enhances phase locking in chicken nucleus magnocellularis neurons

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 30, Issue 36, 2010, Pages 12075-12083

  Fukui, Iwao ^a,b   Burger, R Michael ^b,c   Ohmori, Harunori ^a   Rubel, Edwin W ^b  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c LEHIGH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

6,7 DINITRO 2,3 QUINOXALINEDIONE; BICUCULLINE; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; AMINO ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; QUINOXALINE DERIVATIVE; SODIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; TETRODOTOXIN;

ACOUSTIC NERVE FIBER; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CHICKEN; COCHLEAR NUCLEUS; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FREQUENCY MODULATION; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; GABAERGIC TRANSMISSION; INHIBITION KINETICS; MAGNOCELLULAR NUCLEUS; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPERIOR OLIVARY NUCLEUS; THALAMUS INTRALAMINAR NUCLEUS; ACTION POTENTIAL; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; AUDITORY STIMULATION; CLASSIFICATION; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECTS; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL INHIBITION; NEWBORN; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOPHYSICS; TIME;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ACTION POTENTIALS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BICUCULLINE; CHICKENS; COCHLEAR NUCLEUS; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID ANTAGONISTS; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; GABA ANTAGONISTS; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEURONS; PSYCHOACOUSTICS; QUINOXALINES; SODIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; TETRODOTOXIN; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77956581134     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1484-10.2010     Document Type: Article

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