The number of primary auditory afferents in the rat

Hearing Research

Volumn 103, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 75-84

  Hall, Robert D ^a   Massengill, Jennifer L ^a,b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

cochlear nerve fiber; spiral ganglion cell; strain difference

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COCHLEAR NERVE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SENSORY NERVE; SPIRAL GANGLION;

AFFERENT PATHWAYS; AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; AUDITORY PATHWAYS; CELL COUNT; COCHLEAR NERVE; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SPIRAL GANGLION;

EID: 0031036982     PISSN: 03785955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-5955(96)00166-9     Document Type: Article

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