Brainstem inputs to the ferret medial geniculate nucleus and the effect of early deafferentation on novel retinal projections to the auditory thalamus

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 400, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 417-439

  Angelucci, Alessandra ^a,b   Clascá, Francisco ^a,c   Sur, Mriganka ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Development; Inferior colliculus; Plasticity; Retinal ganglion cells; Subcortical auditory pathways

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUDITORY NERVOUS SYSTEM; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN STEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEAFFERENTATION; FERRET; MEDIAL GENICULATE BODY; NERVE PROJECTION; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA GANGLION CELL; THALAMUS;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; AUDITORY PATHWAYS; AXONS; BRAIN STEM; FERRETS; GENICULATE BODIES; INFERIOR COLLICULUS; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; NEURONS, AFFERENT; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; THALAMUS; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 0032569606     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19981026)400:3<417::AID-CNE10>3.0.CO;2-O     Document Type: Article

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