Otolith end organ projections to auditory neurons in the descending octaval nucleus of the goldfish, Carassius auratus: A confocal analysis

Brain, Behavior and Evolution

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 41-63

  McCormick, Catherine A ^a   Wallace, Abigail C ^a  

^a OBERLIN COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Auditory pathway; Descending octaval nucleus; Otolith end organs; Teleost fish

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUDITORY NERVOUS SYSTEM; BRAIN STEM; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CYTOLOGY; GOLDFISH; HISTOLOGY; INNER EAR; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SENSORY RECEPTOR; VESTIBULE;

ANIMALS; AUDITORY PATHWAYS; BRAIN STEM; EAR, INNER; GOLDFISH; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; OTOLITHIC MEMBRANE; SENSORY RECEPTOR CELLS;

CARASSIUS AURATUS; LAGENA; TELEOSTEI; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84864190712     PISSN: 00068977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000339746     Document Type: Article

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