Subcollicular projections to the auditory thalamus and collateral projections to the inferior colliculus

Frontiers in Neuroanatomy

Volumn 8, Issue JULY, 2014, Pages

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

^a Northeast Ohio Medical University   (United States)

^b ARKANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Binaural; Brain evolution; Lateral lemniscus; Medial geniculate nucleus; Paralemniscal area; Parallel pathways; Reticular formation; Superior olive

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL STRUCTURE; GENICULATE NUCLEUS; GUINEA PIG; INFERIOR COLLICULUS; MEDIAL GENICULATE BODY; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; PERFUSION; SPINDLE CELL; SUPERIOR OLIVARY NUCLEUS; THALAMUS VENTRAL NUCLEUS; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM;

EID: 84904506330     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16625129     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnana.2014.00070     Document Type: Article

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