Ventral nucleus of the lateral lemniscus in guinea pigs: Cytoarchitecture and inputs from the cochlear nucleus

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 379, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 363-385

  Schofield, Brett R ^a,b   Cant, Nell B ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH DAKOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

auditory system; inferior colliculus; neuroanatomy

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; AUDITORY NERVOUS SYSTEM; CELL TYPE; COCHLEAR NUCLEUS; CYTOARCHITECTURE; GUINEA PIG; INFERIOR COLLICULUS; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; COCHLEAR NUCLEUS; FEMALE; GUINEA PIGS; PONS; PREGNANCY;

EID: 0031056429     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19970317)379:3<363::AID-CNE4>3.0.CO;2-1     Document Type: Article

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