Projections from the ventral cochlear nucleus to the dorsal cochlear nucleus in rats

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 385, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 245-264

  Doucet, John R ^a   Ryugo, David K ^b  

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

^b NONE

Author keywords

Auditory system; Blotinylated dextran amine; Hearing; Neuroanatomy; Tonotopy

Indexed keywords

DEXTRAN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUDITORY RESPONSE; COCHLEAR NUCLEUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; AUDITORY PATHWAYS; COCHLEAR NUCLEUS; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 0030751904     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19970825)385:2<245::AID-CNE5>3.0.CO;2-1     Document Type: Article

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