Projections from auditory cortex to the cochlear nucleus in rats: Synapses on granule cell dendrites

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 371, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 311-324

  Weedman, Diana L ^a   Ryugo, David K ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

centrifugal projections; electron microscopy; hearing; ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

AMINE; DEXTRAN; TRACER;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUDITORY CORTEX; CELL LABELING; COCHLEAR NUCLEUS; DENDRITE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GRANULE CELL; MICROSCOPY; MOSSY FIBER; NERVE ENDING; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; POSTSYNAPTIC MEMBRANE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SYNAPSE VESICLE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; AUDITORY CORTEX; COCHLEAR NUCLEUS; DENDRITES; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS; RATS; SYNAPSES;

EID: 0029783283     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19960722)371:2<311::AID-CNE10>3.3.CO;2-U     Document Type: Article

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