An auditory colliculothalamocortical brain slice preparation in mouse

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 111, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 197-207

  Llano, Daniel A ^a,b   Slater, Bernard J ^b   Lesicko, Alexandria M H ^a   Stebbings, Kevin A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Auditory; Cortex; Inferior colliculus; Slice; Thalamus

Indexed keywords

FLAVOPROTEIN; TRIPHENYLTETRAZOLIUM;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY COLLICULOTHALAMOCORTICAL; AUTOFLUORESCENCE IMAGING; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN SLICE; CONNECTOME; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EVOKED BRAIN STEM AUDITORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; MALE; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; MESENCEPHALON; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPIKE WAVE; SYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; THALAMOCORTICAL TRACT; THALAMUS; THALAMUS RETICULAR NUCLEUS;

AUDITORY; CORTEX; INFERIOR COLLICULUS; SLICE; THALAMUS;

ANIMALS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; INFERIOR COLLICULI; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; NEURAL PATHWAYS; OPTICAL IMAGING; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; THALAMUS;

EID: 84891527730     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00605.2013     Document Type: Article

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