Age-dependent changes in the lateral superior olive of the gerbil (Meriones unguiculatus)

Hearing Research

Volumn 194, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 47-59

  Gleich, Otto ^a   Weiss, Marianne ^a   Strutz, Jürgen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aging; Binaural hearing; GABA; GABA, amino butyric acid; GAD, glutamic acid decarboxylase; Glycine; LSO, lateral superior olive; MNTB, medial nucleus of the trapezoid body; MSO, medial superior olive; Olivary complex; Sound localization

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GLYCINE;

AGING; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CELL DENSITY; CELL SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GERBIL; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPERIOR OLIVARY NUCLEUS;

AGING; ANIMALS; AUDITORY PATHWAYS; CELL COUNT; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GERBILLINAE; GLYCINE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NEURONS; OLIVARY NUCLEUS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOUND LOCALIZATION;

EID: 3342926234     PISSN: 03785955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.heares.2004.03.016     Document Type: Article

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