The course and distribution of medial efferent fibers in the cochlea of the mustached bat

Hearing Research

Volumn 102, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 99-115

  Henson, M M ^a,e   Xie, D H ^b   Wynne, R H ^c   Wilson, J L ^d   Henson, O W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^d INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA HOSPITALS   (United States)

Author keywords

AChE; Bat; Cochlea; Efferent; Olivocochlear; PHA L

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BAT; COCHLEA; EFFERENT NERVE; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030561386     PISSN: 03785955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-5955(96)00153-0     Document Type: Article

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