Three subdivisions of the auditory midbrain in chicks (Gallus gallus) identified by their afferent and commissural projections

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 518, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1199-1219

  Wang, Yuan ^a,b   Karten, Harvey J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Cochlear nuclei; Infrasound; MLd, inferior colliculus; Parallel organization

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUDITORY MIDBRAIN; BIRD; BRAIN STEM; CHICK; CONTROLLED STUDY; INFERIOR COLLICULUS; MAMMAL; MESENCEPHALON; NERVE TRACT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THALAMUS INTRALAMINAR NUCLEUS;

ANIMALS; AUDITORY PATHWAYS; BRAIN; BRAIN STEM; CELL COUNT; CHICKENS; CHOLERA TOXIN; MESENCEPHALON; NEURONAL TRACT-TRACERS; NEURONS; NEURONS, AFFERENT; PHOTOMICROGRAPHY; PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININS;

EID: 77949342148     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: 10969861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.22269     Document Type: Article

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