Distribution of descending projections from primary auditory neocortex to inferior colliculus mimics the topography of intracollicular projections

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 371, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 15-40

  Saldaña, Enrique ^a,b,c   Feliciano, Maribel ^a   Mugnaini, Enrico ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

Author keywords

albino rat; biotinylated dextran; corticotectal; PHA L; Phaseolus vulgaris leucoagglutinin; tract tracing electron microscopy

Indexed keywords

DEXTRAN; LEUKOAGGLUTININ;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUDITORY CORTEX; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; INFERIOR COLLICULUS; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TOPOGRAPHY;

ANIMALS; AUDITORY CORTEX; BRAIN MAPPING; COCHLEAR NUCLEUS; EFFERENT PATHWAYS; FEMALE; INFERIOR COLLICULUS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; RATS;

EID: 0029943429     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19960715)371:1<15::AID-CNE2>3.0.CO;2-O     Document Type: Article

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