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

Frontiers in Neural Circuits

Volumn , Issue OCTOBER 2012, 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

Colliculus; Frequency tuning; Inferior; Inhibition; Mouse; Vocalization

Indexed keywords

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

ADULT ANIMAL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED RESPONSE; INFERIOR COLLICULUS; NERVE CELL INHIBITION; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PURE TONE AUDIOMETRY; SPIKE WAVE; ULTRASOUND; VOCALIZATION; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 84868252851     PISSN: 16625110     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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