Neuroanatomical and histochemical evidence for the presence of common lateral line and inner ear efferents and of efferents to the basilar papilla in a frog, xenopus laevis

Brain, Behavior and Evolution

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 185-194

  Hellniann, B ^a   Fritzsch, B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

^b CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Basilar papilla; Frogs; HRP filling; Labyrinthine efferents; Lateral line efferents

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BASILAR MEMBRANE; BRAIN STEM; CRANIAL NERVE; EFFERENT NERVE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EVOLUTION; HISTOLOGY; INNER EAR; INNERVATION; METABOLISM; METAMORPHOSIS; NON-PROGRAMMATIC; PHYSIOLOGY; SENSORY NERVE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

NON-PROGRAMMATIC;

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ANIMALS; BASILAR MEMBRANE; BRAIN STEM; CRANIAL NERVES; EAR, INNER; EFFERENT PATHWAYS; EVOLUTION; METAMORPHOSIS, BIOLOGICAL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0030329860     PISSN: 00068977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000113238     Document Type: Article

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