Axon regeneration in organotypic slice cultures from the mammalian auditory system is topographic and functional

Journal of Neurobiology

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 596-611

  Lohmann, Christian ^a,b   Ehrlich, Ingrid ^a   Friauf, Eckhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL FRANKFURT   (Germany)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Glycine; Lateral superior olive; Medial nucleus of trapezoid body; Rat; Superior olivary complex

Indexed keywords

BIOCYTIN; GLYCINE; STRYCHNINE; TETRODOTOXIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUDITORY SYSTEM; BRAIN SLICE; CELL SURVIVAL; COCHLEAR NUCLEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; MAMMAL; NERVE CELL CULTURE; NERVE FIBER REGENERATION; NERVE FIBER TRANSECTION; NERVE LESION; NERVE PROJECTION; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; AUDITORY PATHWAYS; AXONS; BRAIN STEM; EVOKED POTENTIALS; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GLYCINE; LYSINE; NERVE REGENERATION; NEURONS; OLIVARY NUCLEUS; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REACTION TIME; STRYCHNINE; SYNAPSES; TETRODOTOXIN;

EID: 0032738654     PISSN: 00223034     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4695(199912)41:4<596::AID-NEU14>3.0.CO;2-T     Document Type: Article

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