Olivocochlear neurons in the chinchilla: A retrograde fluorescent labelling study

Hearing Research

Volumn 134, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 57-70

  Azeredo, William J ^a   Kliment, Molly L ^c   Morley, Barbara J ^c   Relkin, Evan ^b   Slepecky, Norma B ^b   Sterns, Anita ^b   Warr, W Bruce ^c   Weekly, J Mathew ^c   Woods, Charles I ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b Syracuse Institute for Sensory Research   (United States)

^c BOYS TOWN NATIONAL RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Chinchilla; Efferent innervation of the cochlea; Olivocochlear bundle; Olivocochlear neuron; Superior olivary complex

Indexed keywords

FAST BLUE; FLUORESCENT DYE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHINCHILLA; COCHLEA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLUORESCENCE; MALE; NERVE CELL; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPERIOR OLIVARY NUCLEUS;

AMIDINES; ANIMALS; BRAIN MAPPING; CELL COUNT; CHINCHILLA; COCHLEA; FLUORESCENT DYES; MALE; NEURONS; OLIVARY NUCLEUS; STILBAMIDINES; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0032817424     PISSN: 03785955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-5955(99)00069-6     Document Type: Article

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