Anatomy of olivocochlear neurons in the hamster studied with FluoroGold

Hearing Research

Volumn 185, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 65-76

  Sánchez González, Miguel A ^a,b   Warr, W Bruce ^c   López, Dolores E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

^c BOYS TOWN NATIONAL RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Efferent innervation of the cochlea; Hamster; Olivocochlear bundle; Olivocochlear neuron; Olivocochlear system; Shell neuron

Indexed keywords

FLUOROGOLD;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUDITORY NERVOUS SYSTEM; CELL LABELING; CELL STRUCTURE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CHINCHILLA; COCHLEA; COMPUTER; CORTI ORGAN; HAMSTER; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; NERVE CELL; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; OLIVARY NUCLEUS; OLIVOCOCHLEAR NEURON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPECIES COMPARISON; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

EID: 0242383926     PISSN: 03785955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-5955(03)00213-2     Document Type: Article

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