GABA- and glycine-immunoreactive projections from the superior olivary complex to the cochlear nucleus in guinea pig

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 381, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 500-512

  Ostapoff, E Michael ^a   Benson, Christina G ^a   Saint Marie, Richard L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^b HOUSE EAR INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

auditory pathways; horseradish peroxidase; inferior colliculus; inhibitory neurotransmitters

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GLYCINE; HORSERADISH PEROXIDASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL SUBPOPULATION; COCHLEAR NUCLEUS; GUINEA PIG; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROGRADE NERVE FIBER TRANSPORT; SUPERIOR OLIVARY NUCLEUS; SURVIVAL TIME;

ANIMALS; AUDITORY PATHWAYS; AXONAL TRANSPORT; BRAIN MAPPING; COCHLEAR NUCLEUS; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GLYCINE; GUINEA PIGS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEURONS; OLIVARY NUCLEUS; WHEAT GERM AGGLUTININ-HORSERADISH PEROXIDASE CONJUGATE;

EID: 0030947986     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19970519)381:4<500::AID-CNE9>3.0.CO;2-6     Document Type: Article

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