A bushy cell network in the rat ventral cochlear nucleus

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 516, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 241-263

  Gómez Nieto, Ricardo ^a   Rubio, María E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

3D reconstruction; Cochlear nucleus; Electron microscopy; Gap junctions; Immunofluorescence; Synchronization

Indexed keywords

VESICULAR GLUTAMATE TRANSPORTER 1; VESICULAR GLUTAMATE TRANSPORTER 2; VESICULAR INHIBITORY AMINO ACID TRANSPORTER;

ACOUSTIC NERVE FIBER; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BUSHY CELL; CELL LABELING; CELL SYNCHRONIZATION; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; COCHLEAR NERVE; COCHLEAR NUCLEUS; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITE; ELECTRICAL SYNAPSE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EXCITATORY JUNCTION POTENTIAL; GAP JUNCTION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; MORPHOMETRICS; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE ENDING; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STIMULUS RESPONSE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ANIMALS; AUDITORY PATHWAYS; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; COCHLEAR NERVE; COCHLEAR NUCLEUS; DENDRITES; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NERVE NET; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 67649368595     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: 10969861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.22139     Document Type: Article

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