Cochlear nerve projections to the small cell shell of the cochlear nucleus: The neuroanatomy of extremely thin sensory axons

Synapse

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 83-117

  Hurd, L B ^a   Hutson, K A ^b   Morest, D Kent ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

Author keywords

Analog processing; Auditory system; Chinchilla; Mitt cell; Outer hair cell; Plasticity; Stellate cell; Synaptic nest; Type II spiral ganglion cell

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID TRANSPORT; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CHINCHILLA; COCHLEAR NERVE; COCHLEAR NUCLEUS; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; HAIR CELL; INNER CELL MASS; INTERNEURON; NERVE FIBER TRANSPORT; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; AXONAL TRANSPORT; AXONS; BIOTIN; CHINCHILLA; COCHLEAR NERVE; COCHLEAR NUCLEUS; DEXTRANS; FLUORESCENT DYES; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; NERVE ENDINGS; NERVE FIBERS; NEURONS, AFFERENT; SYNAPSES;

EID: 0033566309     PISSN: 08874476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2396(199908)33:2<83::AID-SYN1>3.0.CO;2-9     Document Type: Article

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