Effects of cochlear ablation on choline acetyltransferase activity in the rat cochlear nucleus and superior olive

Journal of Neuroscience Research

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 91-101

  Jin, Yong Ming ^a   Godfrey, Donald A ^a   Sun, Yizhe ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF OHIO   (United States)

Author keywords

Cholinergic; Lateral superior olive; Plasticity; Tonotopic gradient; Ventral nucleus of the trapezoid body

Indexed keywords

CHOLINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CHOLINERGIC NERVE CELL; COCHLEA; COCHLEAR ABLATION; COCHLEAR NUCLEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EAR SURGERY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; MALE; MICRODISSECTION; NONHUMAN; PLASTICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SUPERIOR OLIVARY NUCLEUS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TONOTOPY;

ANIMALS; CHOLINE O-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; CHOLINERGIC FIBERS; COCHLEA; COCHLEAR NERVE; COCHLEAR NUCLEUS; DENERVATION; MALE; OLIVARY NUCLEUS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SENSORY DEPRIVATION; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 23744481493     PISSN: 03604012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jnr.20536     Document Type: Article

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