Cholinergic cells of the pontomesencephalic tegmentum: Connections with auditory structures from cochlear nucleus to cortex

Hearing Research

Volumn 279, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 85-95

  Schofield, Brett R ^a,b   Motts, Susan D ^a,b   Mellott, Jeffrey G ^a  

^a NORTHEAST OHIO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE;

AROUSAL; ATTENTION; AUDITORY CORTEX; AUDITORY SYSTEM; BRAIN; BRAIN CELL; CHOLINERGIC CELL; COCHLEAR NUCLEUS; COGNITION; FOREBRAIN; HABITUATION; HUMAN; INFERIOR COLLICULUS; LATERODORSAL TEGMENTUM; MESENCEPHALON; MOTIVATION; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; PARASYMPATHETIC INNERVATION; PEDUNCULOPONTINE TEGMENTAL NUCLEUS; PONTOMESENCEPHALIC TEGMENTUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW; REWARD; SENSORY CORTEX; SENSORY GATING; SUPERIOR OLIVARY NUCLEUS; TEGMENTUM; THALAMUS; TINNITUS; VISUAL CORTEX;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ANIMALS; AUDITORY CORTEX; AUDITORY PATHWAYS; AXONS; CHOLINERGIC AGENTS; CHOLINERGIC FIBERS; COCHLEAR NUCLEUS; COGNITION DISORDERS; GUINEA PIGS; HUMANS; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS; PROSENCEPHALON; RATS; TEGMENTUM MESENCEPHALI;

EID: 80052782939     PISSN: 03785955     EISSN: 18785891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.heares.2010.12.019     Document Type: Review

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