The auditory corticocollicular system: Molecular and circuit-level considerations

Hearing Research

Volumn 314, Issue , 2014, Pages 51-59

  Stebbings, Kevin A ^a   Lesicko, Alexandria M H ^a   Llano, Daniel A ^a,b,c  

^a Neuroscience Program   (United States)

^b Department of Molecular and Integrative Physiology UIUC ^*  (United States)

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

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANATOMICAL VARIATION; AUDITORY CORTEX; AUDITORY CORTICOCOLLICULAR SYSTEM; AUDITORY SYSTEM; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; EXCITATION; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE PROJECTION; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROMODULATION; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENSORY ANALYSIS; SYNAPTIC INHIBITION; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; ASSOCIATION; AUDITORY NERVOUS SYSTEM; AUDITORY STIMULATION; HUMAN; INFERIOR COLLICULUS; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE TRACT; PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; SOUND;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANIMALS; AUDITORY CORTEX; AUDITORY PATHWAYS; CUES; HUMANS; INFERIOR COLLICULI; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; NEURONS; PERCEPTION; SOUND;

EID: 84902479824     PISSN: 03785955     EISSN: 18785891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.heares.2014.05.004     Document Type: Review

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