Nitric oxide synthase in identified olivocochlear projection neurons in rat and guinea pig

Hearing Research

Volumn 135, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 181-189

  Riemann, Randolf ^a   Reuss, Stefan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cochlea; Fluoro Gold; Nitric oxide synthase; Retrograde tracing; Superior olivary complex

Indexed keywords

FLUOROGOLD; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; COCHLEA; COCHLEA BLOOD FLOW; CONTROLLED STUDY; GUINEA PIG; HAIR CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SUPERIOR OLIVARY NUCLEUS;

ANIMALS; AUDITORY PATHWAYS; COCHLEA; FLUORESCENT DYES; GUINEA PIGS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NEURONS; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE I; OLIVARY NUCLEUS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; STILBAMIDINES;

EID: 0032790227     PISSN: 03785955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-5955(99)00113-6     Document Type: Article

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