Anatomy and physiology of principal cells of the medial nucleus of the trapezoid body (MNTB) of the cat

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 79, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 3127-3142

  Smith, Philip H ^a   Joris, Philip X ^a,b   Yin, Tom C T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; AUDITORY NERVOUS SYSTEM; BRAIN STEM; CAT; CELL STRUCTURE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; NERVE ENDING; NERVE FIBER; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPIKE WAVE; SUPERIOR OLIVARY NUCLEUS; SYNAPSE;

EID: 0031818211     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1998.79.6.3127     Document Type: Article

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