Thalamic activation modulates the responses of neurons in rat primary auditory cortex: An in vivo intracellular recording study

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Han, Lei ^a   Zhang, Yonghai ^a   Lou, Yunxiao ^a   Xiong, Ying ^a  

^a THIRD MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUDITORY RESPONSE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BRAIN FUNCTION; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EVOKED AUDITORY RESPONSE; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; FEMALE; FREQUENCY MODULATION; IN VIVO STUDY; INTRACELLULAR RECORDING; MEDIAL GENICULATE BODY; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; PRIMARY AUDITORY CORTEX; RAT; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SOUND INTENSITY; ANIMAL; AUDITORY CORTEX; CYTOLOGY; GENICULATE BODY; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL; PHYSIOLOGY; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; THALAMUS;

RATTUS;

ANIMALS; AUDITORY CORTEX; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; FEMALE; GENICULATE BODIES; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; THALAMUS;

EID: 84859712252     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0034837     Document Type: Article

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