Cortical and medullary somatosensory projections to the cochlear nuclear complex in the hedgehog tenrec

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 221, Issue 2-3, 1997, Pages 125-128

  Wolff, Andreas ^a   Künzle, Heinz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

audiosomatic convergence; dorsal column nuclei; granule cell domain; insectivore; mossy fibers; somatosensory cortex; trigeminal nuclei

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COCHLEA; HEDGEHOG; HISTOCHEMISTRY; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX;

AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ANIMALS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; COCHLEAR NUCLEUS; HEDGEHOGS; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; TRIGEMINAL NUCLEUS, SPINAL;

EID: 0343196728     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(96)13305-X     Document Type: Article

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