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Glycine-activated currents are changed by coincident membrane depolarization in developing rat auditory brainstem neurones

  1. Kurt H. Backus1,
  2. Joachim W. Deitmer1,
  3. Eckhard Friauf2

Article first published online: 22 SEP 2004

DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7793.1998.783bs.x

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The Journal of Physiology

The Journal of Physiology

Volume 507, Issue 3, pages 783–794, March 1998

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Backus, K. H., Deitmer, J. W. and Friauf, E. (1998), Glycine-activated currents are changed by coincident membrane depolarization in developing rat auditory brainstem neurones. The Journal of Physiology, 507: 783–794. doi: 10.1111/j.1469-7793.1998.783bs.x

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  1. 1

    Department of General Zoology, University of Kaiserslautern, PO Box 3079, D-67653 Kaiserslautern, Germany

  2. 2

    Centre of Physiology, University of Frankfurt, D-60590 Frankfurt, Germany

*Corresponding author Kurt H. Backus: Department of General Zoology, FB Biology, University of Kaiserslautern, PO Box 3049, D-67663 Kaiserslautern, Germany. Email: backus@rhrk.uni-kl.de

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  1. Issue published online: 22 SEP 2004
  2. Article first published online: 22 SEP 2004
  3. (Received 4 September 1997; accepted after revision 20 November 1997)

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