Morphology and axonal projection patterns of auditory neurons in the midbrain of the painted frog, Discoglossus pictus

Hearing Research

Volumn 122, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 1-17

  Luksch, Harald ^a   Walkowiak, Wolfgang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anura; Brainstem auditory neuron; Intracellular; Sensorimotor integration; Tegmentum; Torus semicircularis

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NERVE FIBER; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; FROG; MAGNOCELLULAR NUCLEUS; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MESENCEPHALON; MORPHOLOGY; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD; TEGMENTUM; THALAMUS;

ANIMALS; ANURA; AXONS; COCHLEAR NUCLEUS; COLORING AGENTS; DENDRITES; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; FEMALE; LYSINE; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MESENCEPHALON; NEURONS; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY; SPINAL CORD; THALAMUS; VENTRAL TEGMENTAL AREA; VESTIBULOCOCHLEAR NERVE;

EID: 0032145739     PISSN: 03785955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-5955(98)00081-1     Document Type: Article

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