Central auditory pathways mediating the rat middle ear muscle reflexes

Anatomical Record - Part A Discoveries in Molecular, Cellular, and Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 288, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 358-369

  Lee, Daniel J ^a,b,c   De Venecia, Ronald K ^a,c   Guinan Jr , John J ^a,c   Brown, M Christian ^a,c  

^a MASSACHUSETTS EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY   (United States)

^b UMASS MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Acoustic reflex; Cochlear nucleus; Interneuron; Stapedius; Tensor tympani

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NERVE FIBER; ARTICLE; AUDITORY CANAL; AUDITORY MASKING; AUDITORY NERVOUS SYSTEM; AUDITORY STIMULATION; COCHLEAR NUCLEUS; HUMAN; INTERNEURON; MIDDLE EAR; MOTONEURON; MUSCLE REFLEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANIMALS; AUDITORY PATHWAYS; COCHLEAR NUCLEUS; EAR, MIDDLE; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID AGONISTS; INTERNEURONS; KAINIC ACID; RATS; REFLEX, ACOUSTIC;

EID: 33645734879     PISSN: 0003276X     EISSN: 15524892     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ar.a.20296     Document Type: Article

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