Commissural axons of the mouse cochlear nucleus

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 521, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1683-1696

  Brown, M Christian ^a,b   Drottar, Marie ^a   Benson, Thane E ^a   Darrow, Keith ^a,c  

^a MASSACHUSETTS EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c WORCESTER STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Auditory brainstem; Binaural balance; Electron microscopy; Glycine; Inhibitory synapse; Multipolar cell

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN COMMISSURE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CELL COUNT; CELL LABELING; COCHLEAR NUCLEUS; COMMISSURAL AXON; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; MOUSE; MYELINATED NERVE; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNAPSE;

ANIMALS; AUDITORY PATHWAYS; AXONS; COCHLEAR NUCLEUS; FEMALE; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED CBA;

EID: 84875296600     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: 10969861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.23257     Document Type: Article

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