Mossy fiber projections from the cuneate nucleus to the cochlear nucleus in the rat

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 365, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 159-172

  Wright, Debora D ^a   Ryugo, David K ^a  

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

Author keywords

auditory system; glutamate; somatosensory system; synapses; ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

LEUKOAGGLUTININ;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUDITORY SYSTEM; COCHLEAR NUCLEUS; CUNEATE NUCLEUS; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOGOLD STAINING; MALE; MOSSY FIBER; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SOMATOSENSORY SYSTEM;

ANIMALS; COCHLEAR NUCLEUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; NERVE FIBERS; PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININS; PRESYNAPTIC TERMINALS; PYRAMIDAL CELLS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 0030031980     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19960129)365:1<159::AID-CNE12>3.0.CO;2-L     Document Type: Article

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