Anatomical projections of the nuclei of the lateral lemniscus in the Albino rat (Rattus norvegicus)

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 512, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 573-593

  Kelly, Jack B ^a   Van Adel, Brian A ^b   Ito, Makoto ^c  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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

Author keywords

Anteroventral cochlear nucleus AVCN ; Auditory brainstem; Cochlear nucleus; Fluoro Gold dorsal cochlear nucleus DCN ; Inferior colliculus; Lateral lemniscus; Posteroventral cochlear nucleus PVCN ; Superior olive; Tract tracing

Indexed keywords

TRACER;

ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUDITORY NERVOUS SYSTEM; BRAIN NUCLEUS; BRAIN STEM; COCHLEAR NUCLEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; INFERIOR OLIVE; LATERAL LEMNISCUS; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; NERVE PROJECTION; NERVE TRACT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SUPERIOR OLIVARY NUCLEUS; ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; HISTOLOGY; INFERIOR COLLICULUS; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL; OLIVARY NUCLEUS; SENSORY NERVE; STAINING; WISTAR RAT;

AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ANIMALS; AUDITORY PATHWAYS; COCHLEAR NUCLEUS; INFERIOR COLLICULI; MALE; NEURONS; OLIVARY NUCLEUS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; STAINING AND LABELING;

EID: 59649104863     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: 10969861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.21929     Document Type: Article

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