Inhibition shapes selectivity to vocalizations in the inferior colliculus of awake mice

Frontiers in Neural Circuits

Volumn , Issue SEPTEMBER, 2012, Pages

  Mayko, Zachary M ^a   Roberts, Patrick D ^b   Portfors, Christine V ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Oregon Health and Science University Department of Biomedical Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

Frequency tuning; Inferior colliculus; Inhibition; Mouse; Vocalization

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; GLYCINE RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY DISCRIMINATION; AUDITORY RESPONSE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; INFERIOR COLLICULUS; MOUSE; NERVE CELL INHIBITION; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; SOCIALIZATION; SYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; VOCALIZATION; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 84867134534     PISSN: 16625110     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fncir.2012.00073     Document Type: Article

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