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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
1992-12-18
pubmed:abstractText
In this study we present direct evidence of axonal projections from both the medial and lateral nuclei of the trapezoid body to the medial superior olive. Projections were traced by intracellularly labeling cells and axons in a tissue slice preparation of two rodent species, Mus musculus and Meriones unguiculatus and two bat species, Eptesicus fuscus and Pteronotus parnellii. The main axon of most principal cells in the medial nucleus of the trapezoid body gives off one or more collateral branches which arborize within the medial superior olive. These collateral axons form small bouton-like swellings which primarily contact somata within the central cell column in the medial superior olive. Likewise, labeled elongate and multipolar cells of the lateral nucleus of the trapezoid body send axons to both the medial and lateral superior olives. These axons also form perisomatic contacts in both target nuclei. These two sets of projections may relay ascending input to the medial superior olive and the lateral superior olive; the medial nucleus of the trapezoid body is known to relay input from the contralateral ventral cochlear nucleus, and the lateral nucleus of the trapezoid body may relay input from the ipsilateral ventral cochlear nucleus. These projections offer two routes for indirect, possibly inhibitory input to reach the medial superior olive from both cochlear nuclei. These indirect, inhibitory pathways may parallel the direct excitatory projections the medial superior olive receives from each cochlear nucleus.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
0021-9967
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
22
pubmed:volume
324
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
522-38
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1992
pubmed:articleTitle
Projections to the medial superior olive from the medial and lateral nuclei of the trapezoid body in rodents and bats.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Zoological and Biomedical Sciences, Ohio University, Athens 45701.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't