PROJECTION OF COCHLEAR AND LAGENAR NERVES ON COCHLEAR NUCLEI OF PIGEON
PROJECTION OF COCHLEAR AND LAGENAR NERVES ON COCHLEAR NUCLEI OF PIGEON
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DOI:
10.1002/cne.901200305
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发表时间:
1963-01-01
影响因子:
2.5
通讯作者:
RASMUSSEN, GL
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作者:
BOORD, RL;RASMUSSEN, GL
The organization of the neural components of the cochlear nerve of the pigeon and their projection on primary centers in the medulla were studied by direct dissection and experimental neuroanatomical methods. Lesions were placed at selected levels in the cochlear nerve and spiral ganglion. Following postoperative survival periods of 2-3 days, serial sections of the brain stems were stained for axonal degeneration by the Nauta-Gygax method. The statoacustic nerves were handled by the Swank-Davenport modification of the Marchi method to exhibit degenerating myelin. Cochlear nerve afferents, as they relate to the basal, middle and apical thirds of the cochlea, show an orderly spatial arrangement within the cochlear complex. Within nucleus magnocellularis basal fibers terminate most rostral and medial, apical fibers most caudal and lateral and middle fibers occupy an intermediate position between them. Within nucleus angularis basal fibers terminate most caudal and dorsal, and middle and apical fibers progressively more rostral and ventral in position. Fibers from the macula lagenae distribute to specially differentiated receptive areas of both cochlear nuclei, nuclei associated with the vestibular system, reticular formation of the brain stem and cerebellar nuclei. Comparisons between the pigeon and higher mammals reveal similarities in the organization of neurons within the cochlear complex despite considerable structural differences in the peripheral auditory receptor organ and the position and size of the cochlear nuclei.