Single neurons in the spinal trigeminal and dorsal column nuclei project to both the cochlear nucleus and the inferior colliculus by way of axon collaterals: A fluorescent retrograde double-labeling study in the rat

Neuroscience Research

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 135-142

  Li, He ^a,b   Mizuno, Noboru ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Auditory system; Axon collaterals; Cochlear nucleus; Dorsal column nucleus; Inferior colliculus; Rat; Sensory trigeminal nucleus; Somatosensory system

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY SYSTEM; BRAIN STEM; COCHLEAR NUCLEUS; INFERIOR COLLICULUS; MALE; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPINAL NERVE; TRIGEMINAL NUCLEUS;

EID: 0030826908     PISSN: 01680102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-0102(97)00082-5     Document Type: Article

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