Glycinergic inhibition tunes coincidence detection in the auditory brainstem

Nature Communications

Volumn 5, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Myoga, Michael H ^a   Lehnert, Simon ^a   Leibold, Christian ^a   Felmy, Felix ^a   Grothe, Benedikt ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POTASSIUM CHANNEL; AMINO ACID RECEPTOR AFFECTING AGENT;

ADULT; ARRIVAL TIME; CELL ORGANELLE; HEARING; INHIBITION; NEUROLOGY; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; RODENT; TIMESCALE;

ADULT; AFTERHYPERPOLARIZATION; ARTICLE; AUDITORY DISCRIMINATION; BRAIN SLICE; BRAIN STEM; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; IN VIVO STUDY; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; MEMBRANE STEADY POTENTIAL; MERIONES UNGUICULATUS; NONHUMAN; SOUND DETECTION; SYNAPTIC INHIBITION; ANIMAL; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; EVOKED BRAIN STEM AUDITORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; GERBIL; HEARING; MALE; PATCH CLAMP TECHNIQUE; PHYSIOLOGY; SOUND; SUPERIOR OLIVARY NUCLEUS; SYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANIMALS; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY, BRAIN STEM; FEMALE; GERBILLINAE; GLYCINE AGENTS; HEARING; MALE; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; POTASSIUM CHANNELS; SOUND; SOUND LOCALIZATION; SUPERIOR OLIVARY COMPLEX; SYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 84900014177     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms4790     Document Type: Article

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