An investigation of dendritic delay in octopus cells of the mammalian cochlear nucleus

Octopus cells, located in the mammalian auditory brainstem, receive their excitatory synaptic input ex-clusively from auditory nerve fi□bers. They respond with accurately timed spikes but are broadly tunedfor sound frequency. Since the representation of information in the auditory nerve is well unde...

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Main Authors: Martin J Spencer, David B Grayden, Ian C Bruce, Hamish eMeffin, Anthony N Burkitt
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2012-10-01
Series:Frontiers in Computational Neuroscience
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fncom.2012.00083/full