Connections of octaval and lateral line nuclei of the medulla in the goldfish, including the cytoarchitecture of the secondary octaval population in goldfish and catfish

Brain, Behavior and Evolution

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 113-137

  McCormick, Catherine A ^a   Hernandez, Dorothy V ^a  

^a OBERLIN COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acoustic circuits; Catfish; Corassius; Goldfish; Ictalurus; Lateral line circuits; Secondary octaval population; Torus semicircularis

Indexed keywords

ARMORACIA RUSTICANA; CARASSIUS; CARASSIUS AURATUS; ICTALURUS; ICTALURUS PUNCTATUS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BRAIN MAPPING; CATFISH; CELL DIVISION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVOLUTION; GOLDFISH; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HISTOLOGY; INNERVATION; MECHANORECEPTOR; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MESENCEPHALON; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE TRACT; PHYSIOLOGY; PURKINJE CELL; SEMICIRCULAR CANAL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TRIGEMINAL NUCLEUS; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VESTIBULOCOCHLEAR NERVE;

ANIMALS; BRAIN MAPPING; CELL DIVISION; EVOLUTION; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; GOLDFISH; ICTALURIDAE; MECHANORECEPTORS; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MESENCEPHALON; NERVE NET; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS; PURKINJE CELLS; SEMICIRCULAR CANALS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TRIGEMINAL NUCLEI; VESTIBULOCOCHLEAR NERVE;

EID: 0029691458     PISSN: 00068977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000113232     Document Type: Article

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