Deactivation of the inferior colliculus by cooling demonstrates intercollicular modulation of neuronal activity

Frontiers in Neural Circuits

Volumn , Issue NOV, 2012, Pages

  Orton, Llwyd D ^a   Poon, Paul W F ^a,b   Rees, Adrian ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATTENUATION; AUDITORY SYSTEM; BRAIN COMMISSURE; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; BRAIN STEM; COCHLEAR NUCLEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOLING; EARDRUM; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; EVOKED BRAIN STEM AUDITORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; GUINEA PIG; INFERIOR COLLICULUS; MALE; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84871367703     PISSN: 16625110     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fncir.2012.00100     Document Type: Article

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