Direct and indirect connections between cochlear root neurons and facial motor neurons: Pathways underlying the acoustic pinna reflex in the albino rat

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 507, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1763-1779

  Horta Jr , José De Anchieta C ^a,b   López, Dolores E ^b,c   Alvarez Morujo, Antonio Jesús ^c   Bittencourt, Jackson C ^d  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Acoustic startle reflex; Auricular muscles; Biotinylated dextran amine; Caudal pontine reticular nucleus; Double tract tracing; Fluoro gold

Indexed keywords

AMINE; FLUOROGOLD; TRACER;

ACOUSTIC REFLEX; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOTINYLATION; COCHLEAR NERVE; EXTERNAL EAR; FACIAL NERVE; FEMALE; INJECTION; MICROSCOPY; MOTONEURON; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); MUSCLE; NERVE ENDING; NERVE ROOT; NONHUMAN; PONS RETICULAR FORMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; SYNAPSE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; COCHLEAR NERVE; EAR AURICLE; EFFERENT PATHWAYS; FEMALE; MOTOR CORTEX; MOTOR NEURONS; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REFLEX, ACOUSTIC; STARTLE REACTION;

EID: 41549104553     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: 10969861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.21625     Document Type: Article

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