Neuronal organization of the rat inferior colliculus participating in four major auditory pathways

Hearing Research

Volumn 218, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 72-80

  Okoyama, Shigeo ^a   Ohbayashi, Masao ^a   Ito, Makoto ^a   Harada, Shinichi ^a  

^a KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ascending pathway; Collateral projections; Commissural pathway; Descending pathway; Neuronal classification; Retrograde tracing

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUDITORY NERVOUS SYSTEM; BRAIN COMMISSURE; CELL LABELING; COCHLEAR NUCLEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; INFERIOR COLLICULUS; MALE; MEDIAL GENICULATE BODY; MORPHOLOGY; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NONHUMAN; OLIVARY NUCLEUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; AUDITORY PATHWAYS; COCHLEAR NUCLEUS; DEXTRANS; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT DYES; FLUOROBENZENES; FURANS; GENICULATE BODIES; INFERIOR COLLICULUS; MALE; NEURONS; OLIVARY NUCLEUS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RHODAMINES; STILBAMIDINES;

EID: 33746315448     PISSN: 03785955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.heares.2006.04.004     Document Type: Article

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