The ferret auditory cortex: Descending projections to the inferior colliculus

Cerebral Cortex

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 475-491

  Bajo, Victoria M ^a   Nodal, Fernando R ^a   Bizley, Jennifer K ^a   Moore, David R ^a,b   King, Andrew J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anterograde labeling; Ectosylvian gyrus; Hearing; Layer V pyramidal cells; Midbrain; Retrograde labeling

Indexed keywords

DEXTRAN AMINE DERIVATIVE; DEXTRAN DERIVATIVE; DEXTRAN TETRAMETHYLRHODAMINE; FLUOROGOLD; MICROSPHERE; TRACER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUDITORY CORTEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; FERRET; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INFERIOR COLLICULUS; MESENCEPHALON; NONHUMAN; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; TEGMENTUM; THALAMUS LATERAL NUCLEUS; TOPOGRAPHY;

ANIMALS; AUDITORY CORTEX; AUDITORY PATHWAYS; FERRETS; INFERIOR COLLICULUS;

EID: 33845996536     PISSN: 10473211     EISSN: 14602199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhj164     Document Type: Article

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