Intracellular recordings reveal novel features of neurons that code interaural intensity disparities in the inferior colliculus

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 30, Issue 43, 2010, Pages 14573-14584

  Li, Na ^a   Gittelman, Joshua X ^a   Pollak, George D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; ARTICLE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CLINICAL FEATURE; EAR; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; IN VIVO STUDY; INFERIOR COLLICULUS; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; INTRACELLULAR RECORDING; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPIKE; WHOLE CELL;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANIMALS; CHIROPTERA; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; INFERIOR COLLICULI; MALE; NEURONS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; SOUND LOCALIZATION;

EID: 78049351717     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2228-10.2010     Document Type: Article

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