Time course of embryonic midbrain and thalamic auditory connection development in mice as revealed by carbocyanine dye tracing

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 479, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 309-327

  Gurung, Bina ^a   Fritzsch, Bernd ^a  

^a CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Auditory system; Central auditory connections; Development of auditory connections; Medial geniculate body; Thalamocortical connections

Indexed keywords

CARBOCYANINE; DYE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUDITORY CORTEX; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN NERVE CELL; BRAIN NUCLEUS; BRAIN STEM; COCHLEAR NUCLEUS; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; INFERIOR COLLICULUS; MALE; MEDIAL GENICULATE BODY; MESENCEPHALON; MITOSIS; MOUSE; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPERIOR OLIVARY NUCLEUS; THALAMOCORTICAL TRACT; THALAMUS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; AUDITORY CORTEX; AUDITORY PATHWAYS; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; AXONAL TRANSPORT; CARBOCYANINES; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; COCHLEAR NUCLEUS; DENDRITES; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT DYES; GENICULATE BODIES; GROWTH CONES; INFERIOR COLLICULUS; MALE; MICE; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; STAINING AND LABELING; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 7044231189     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.20328     Document Type: Article

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