The basic circuit of the IC: Tectothalamic neurons with different patterns of synaptic organization send different messages to the thalamus

Frontiers in Neural Circuits

Volumn , Issue JULY 2012, 2012, Pages

  Ito, Tetsufumi ^a   Oliver, Douglas L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FUKUI   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

GABA; Glutamate; Inferior colliculus; Local circuit

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; GLUTAMIC ACID; VESICULAR GLUTAMATE TRANSPORTER 2;

ANATOMICAL VARIATION; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN STEM; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CENTRAL NUCLEUS (AMYGDALA); DENDRITE; DORSAL COCHLEAR NUCLEUS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; INFERIOR COLLICULUS; MEDIAL GENICULATE BODY; MESENCEPHALON; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; SUPERIOR OLIVARY NUCLEUS; SYNAPSE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; THALAMUS;

EID: 84865137454     PISSN: 16625110     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fncir.2012.00048     Document Type: Review

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