Descending projections from the auditory cortex to the inferior colliculus in the gerbil, Meriones unguiculatus

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 486, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 101-116

  Bajo, Victoria M ^a   Moore, David R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b MRC INSTITUTE OF HEARING RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anterograde and retrograde tracers; Auditory corticofugal projection; Hearing; Layer V pyramidal cells; Mammals; Neuroanatomy

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; AUDITORY CORTEX; AUDITORY NERVOUS SYSTEM; GERBIL; INFERIOR COLLICULUS; MAMMAL; MORPHOLOGY; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL;

ANIMALS; AUDITORY CORTEX; AUDITORY PATHWAYS; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; AXONS; BIOTIN; BRAIN MAPPING; DENDRITES; DEXTRANS; ELECTRON TRANSPORT COMPLEX IV; FLUORESCENT DYES; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; GERBILLINAE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFERIOR COLLICULUS; NEUROFILAMENT PROTEINS; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY; PRESYNAPTIC TERMINALS; PYRAMIDAL CELLS;

EID: 17644410721     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.20542     Document Type: Article

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