Direct input from cochlear root neurons to pontine reticulospinal neurons in albino rat.

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The cochlear root neurons (CRNs) are thought to mediate the auditory startle reflex (ASR) in the rat, which is widely used as a behavioral model for the investigation of the sensorimotor integration. CRNs project, among other targets, to the nucleus reticularis pontis caudalis (PnC), a major component of the ASR circuit, but little is known about the organization of this projection. Thus, we injected biotinylated dextran amine (BDA) in CRNs to study their projections with light and electron m...

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Authors: Nodal, F; López, D

• Publication status: Published
• Journal: Journal of comparative neurology
• Volume: 460
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 80-93
• Publication date: 2003-05-01
• DOI: 10.1002/cne.10656
• EISSN: 1096-9861
• ISSN: 0021-9967
• Language: English
• Keywords: Presynaptic Terminals; Spinal Cord; Animals; Rats, Wistar; Fluorescent Dyes; Pons; Cholera Toxin; Auditory Pathways; Rats; Startle Reaction; Reticular Formation; Cochlea; Dextrans; Stilbamidines; Female; Biotin; Neurons