Axonal projections of auditory cells with short and long response latencies in the medial geniculate nucleus: Distinct topographies in the connection with the thalamic reticular nucleus

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 783-799

  Kimura, Akihisa ^a   Imbe, Hiroki ^a   Donishi, Tomohiro ^a  

^a WAKAYAMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Burst; Juxtacellular labeling; Rat; Unit discharge

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; AUDITORY SYSTEM; GENICULATE NUCLEUS; HABENULA; HEARING; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; MEDIAL GENICULATE BODY; NERVE PROJECTION; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STIMULUS RESPONSE; THALAMUS; THALAMUS RETICULAR NUCLEUS; TONOTOPY;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANIMALS; AUDITORY PATHWAYS; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; AXONS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NEURAL INHIBITION; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REACTION TIME; SENSORY RECEPTOR CELLS; THALAMIC NUCLEI;

EID: 69549105909     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2009.06880.x     Document Type: Article

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