Avian superior olivary nucleus provides divergent inhibitory input to parallel auditory pathways

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 481, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 6-18

  Burger, R Michael ^a   Cramer, Karina S ^a,b   Pfeiffer, Joshua D ^a   Rubel, Edwin W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Binaural; Electroporation; GABA; Interaural time disparity; Sound localization; Topography

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUDITORY NERVOUS SYSTEM; BIRD; BRAIN NUCLEUS; BRAIN STEM; CELL LABELING; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; INNERVATION; MAGNOCELLULAR NUCLEUS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ANGULARIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROGRADE NERVE FIBER TRANSPORT; SOUND DETECTION; SUPERIOR OLIVARY NUCLEUS; THALAMUS INTRALAMINAR NUCLEUS;

ANIMALS; AUDITORY PATHWAYS; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN STEM; CHICK EMBRYO; COCHLEAR NUCLEUS; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEURONS; OLIVARY NUCLEUS;

EID: 9644260556     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.20334     Document Type: Article

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