Evidence for an auditory subsector within the zona incerta of rats

Anatomy and Embryology

Volumn 205, Issue 5-6, 2002, Pages 453-462

  Mitrofanis, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cochlear nucleus; Inferior colliculus; Medial geniculate complex; Temporal cortex; Thalamus

Indexed keywords

CHOLERA TOXIN B SUBUNIT; DEXTRAN; TRACER;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUDITORY CANAL; AUDITORY CORTEX; BIOTINYLATION; BRAIN; COCHLEAR NUCLEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOARCHITECTURE; INFERIOR COLLICULUS; MALE; MEDIAL GENICULATE BODY; NERVE TRACT; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPINE; TEMPORAL CORTEX; THALAMUS; VENTRAL ROOT; ZONA INCERTA;

ANIMALS; AUDITORY PATHWAYS; BIOTIN; CHOLERA TOXIN; COCHLEAR NUCLEUS; DEXTRANS; GENICULATE BODIES; INFERIOR COLLICULUS; MALE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SUBTHALAMUS; TEMPORAL LOBE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0036390249     PISSN: 03402061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00429-002-0268-3     Document Type: Article

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