Susceptibility of developing cochlear nucleus neurons to deafferentation-induced death abruptly ends just before the onset of hearing

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 378, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 295-306

  Tierney, Travis S ^a   Russell, F Anne ^a   Moore, David R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

cell atrophy; cochlear removal; critical period; gerbil; hearing

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CELL COUNT; CELL SURVIVAL; COCHLEAR NUCLEUS; DEAFFERENTATION; GERBIL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; NERVE CELL NECROSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CELL COUNT; CELL DEATH; COCHLEA; COCHLEAR NUCLEUS; DENERVATION; GERBILLINAE; HEARING; NEURONS;

EID: 0031034165     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19970210)378:2<295::AID-CNE11>3.0.CO;2-R     Document Type: Article

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