Functional localization of neurotransmitter receptors and synaptic inputs to mature neurons of the medial superior olive

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 107, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1186-1198

  Couchman, Kiri ^a   Grothe, Benedikt ^a,b   Felmy, Felix ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b Bernstein Centre for Computational Neuroscience Munich   (Germany)

Author keywords

Binaural pathways; Coincidence detection; Receptor distribution; Single photon uncaging; Synapse distribution

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; AMPA RECEPTOR; GLYCINE RECEPTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CELL; CELL MATURATION; CONDUCTANCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITE; GERBIL; HOMEOSTASIS; MEDIAL SUPERIOR OLIVE; NONHUMAN; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SECRETION; RECEPTOR DOWN REGULATION; SOMATIC CELL; SUPERIOR OLIVARY NUCLEUS; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALS; BIOPHYSICAL PHENOMENA; BIOPHYSICS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG INTERACTIONS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GERBILLINAE; HYDRAZINES; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; NERVE FIBERS; NEURONS; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS; OLIVARY NUCLEUS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; POTASSIUM; RECEPTORS, NEUROTRANSMITTER; SODIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; SYNAPSES; TETRODOTOXIN;

EID: 84856768680     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00586.2011     Document Type: Article

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