Analysis of projections from the cochlear nucleus to the lateral paragigantocellular reticular nucleus in the rat

Cell and Tissue Research

Volumn 283, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 493-505

  Bellintani Guardia, Breno ^a   Schweizer, Michaela ^a   Herbert, Horst ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adrenaline; Auditory system; Autonomic system; Rat (Sprague Dawley); Reticular formation; Sensomotor system; Serotonin

Indexed keywords

ADRENERGIC NERVE CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUDITORY SYSTEM; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; COCHLEAR NUCLEUS; DENDRITE; FEMALE; GOLGI STAIN; IMMUNOPEROXIDASE STAINING; LATERAL RETICULAR NUCLEUS; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEROTONINERGIC NERVE CELL; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ANIMALS; AUDITORY PATHWAYS; COCHLEAR NUCLEUS; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT DYES; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; PHENYLETHANOLAMINE N-METHYLTRANSFERASE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RETICULAR FORMATION; SEROTONIN;

EID: 0030030327     PISSN: 0302766X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004410050560     Document Type: Article

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