Connections of the auditory brainstem in a songbird, taeniopygia guttata. III. projections of the superior olive and lateral lemniscal nuclei

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 518, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 2149-2167

  Martin Wild, J ^a   Krützfeldt, Nils O E ^a   Fabiana Kubke, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

And intermediate nuclei of the lateral lemniscus; Avian; Dorsal; Ventral; Zebra finch

Indexed keywords

ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUDITORY DISCRIMINATION; AUDITORY NERVOUS SYSTEM; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BRAIN STEM; COCHLEAR NUCLEUS; INFERIOR COLLICULUS; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SONGBIRD; SUPERIOR OLIVARY NUCLEUS; TELENCEPHALON; THALAMUS;

ANIMALS; AUDITORY PATHWAYS; BRAIN STEM; COCHLEAR NUCLEUS; FINCHES; HUMANS; INFERIOR COLLICULI; MALE; OLIVARY NUCLEUS; STAINING AND LABELING;

EID: 77952147341     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: 10969861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.22325     Document Type: Article

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