Descending auditory pathways: Projections from the inferior colliculus contact superior olivary cells that project bilaterally to the cochlear nuclei

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 409, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 210-223

  Schofield, Brett R ^a   Cant, Nell B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH DAKOTA   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Auditory system; Collateral projection; Efferent; Feedback; Neuroanatomy

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY SYSTEM; COCHLEAR NUCLEUS; EFFERENT NERVE; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FLUORESCENCE; GUINEA PIG; INFERIOR COLLICULUS; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0033612527     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19990628)409:2<210::AID-CNE3>3.0.CO;2-A     Document Type: Article

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