Glycinergic synaptic transmission in the cochlear nucleus of mice with normal hearing and age-related hearing loss

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 110, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1848-1859

  Xie, Ruili ^a   Manis, Paul B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bushy cells; Glycinergic inhibition; Presbycusis; Quantal content; Ventral cochlear nucleus

Indexed keywords

GLYCINE RECEPTOR;

AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY RESPONSE; BRAIN SLICE; BRAIN STEM RESPONSE; COCHLEAR NUCLEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STELLATE CELL; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

BUSHY CELLS; GLYCINERGIC INHIBITION; PRESBYCUSIS; QUANTAL CONTENT; VENTRAL COCHLEAR NUCLEUS;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; COCHLEAR NUCLEUS; GLYCINE; HEARING; HEARING LOSS; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; MICE; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; NEURONS; SYNAPSES;

EID: 84885640427     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00151.2013     Document Type: Article

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