GABAergic and glycinergic inhibition modulate monaural auditory response properties in the avian superior olivary nucleus

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 105, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 2405-2420

  Coleman, W L ^a   Fischl, M J ^a   Weimann, S R ^a   Burger, R M ^a  

^a LEHIGH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

GABA A receptor; Glycine receptor; Inhibition; Interaural time disparity; Sound localization; Superior olivary nucleus

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GLYCINE; NEUROTRANSMITTER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUDITORY RESPONSE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BRAIN STEM; FOWL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; POSTSYNAPTIC INHIBITION; PRESYNAPTIC INHIBITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPERIOR OLIVARY NUCLEUS; SYNAPSE;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; AUDITORY PATHWAYS; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; CHICKENS; GABA ANTAGONISTS; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GLYCINE; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; NEURAL INHIBITION; OLIVARY NUCLEUS; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; RECEPTORS, GLYCINE;

EID: 79956284243     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.01088.2010     Document Type: Article

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