Naturally occurring neuron death during postnatal development of the gerbil ventral cochlear nucleus begins at the onset of hearing

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 387, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 421-429

  Tierney, Travis S ^a   Moore, David R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Auditory brainstem; Degeneration; Programmed neuron death; Pyknotic cell; Quantitative development

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CELL COUNT; COCHLEAR NUCLEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GERBIL; HEARING; MICROSCOPY; NERVE CELL GROWTH; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGING; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CELL DEATH; COCHLEAR NUCLEUS; GERBILLINAE; HEARING; MICE; NEURONS; RATS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0030884043     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19971027)387:3<421::AID-CNE7>3.0.CO;2-2     Document Type: Article

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