Innovations in motoneuron synchrony drive rapid temporal modulations in vertebrate acoustic signaling

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 107, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 3528-3542

  Chagnaud, Boris P ^a,b   Zee, Michele C ^a   Baker, Robert ^c   Bass, Andrew H ^a  

^a Cornell University ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Hindbrain; Motoneurons; Superfast muscles; Vocalization

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT;

ACOUSTICS; AFTERHYPERPOLARIZATION; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FISH; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING; MORPHOLOGY; MOTONEURON; MOTOR NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PREMOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTORY PERIOD; VERTEBRATE;

ANIMALS; BATRACHOIDIFORMES; BIOTIN; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; GABA-A RECEPTOR ANTAGONISTS; GAP JUNCTIONS; MALE; MOTOR NEURONS; RECRUITMENT, NEUROPHYSIOLOGICAL; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 84862583892     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00030.2012     Document Type: Article

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