Topographic organization of the dorsal nucleus of the lateral lemniscus in the cat

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 407, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 349-366

  Bajo, Victoria M ^a,c   Merchán, Miguel A ^a   Malmierca, Manuel S ^a   Nodal, Fernando R ^a   Bjaalie, Jan G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

Author keywords

3 D reconstruction; Auditory system; Inferior colliculus; Lamina; Tonotopy

Indexed keywords

DEXTRAN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAT; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; INFERIOR COLLICULUS; IONTOPHORESIS; MEDIAL LEMNISCUS; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; AUDITORY PATHWAYS; BIOTIN; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN STEM; CATS; DEXTRANS; FLUORESCENT DYES; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INFERIOR COLLICULUS; IONTOPHORESIS;

EID: 0033542056     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19990510)407:3<349::AID-CNE4>3.0.CO;2-5     Document Type: Article

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