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Structure of dorsal cochlear nucleus

Known as: Nucleus cochlearis dorsalis, Dorsal division of cochlear nucleus, Nucleus cochlearis posterior 
A locus on the floor of the lateral surface of the fourth ventricle where auditory nerves form the cochlea synapse in the brain stem.
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BrainInferior ColliculusLateral superior olivary nucleusRhomboid fossa of fourth ventricle

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Cochlear nucleus structure

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Highly Cited
1997
Highly Cited
1997
Granule Cell Activation of Complex-Spiking Neurons in Dorsal Cochlear Nucleus
Dorsal cochlear nucleus (DCN) principal cells receive, in addition to their well known auditory inputs, various nonauditory… 
Highly Cited
1996
Highly Cited
1996
Responses of ventral cochlear nucleus onset and chopper units as a function of signal bandwidth.
1. The responses of units in the ventral cochlear nucleus in anesthetized guinea pigs have been measured to best-frequency tones… 
Highly Cited
1995
Highly Cited
1995
Spontaneous and sound-evoked discharge characteristics of complex-spiking neurons in the dorsal cochlear nucleus of the unanesthetized decerebrate cat.
1. We examined the spontaneous and sound-evoked discharge characteristics of 20 complex-spiking units recorded in the dorsal… 
Highly Cited
1991
Highly Cited
1991
Electrical stimulation of the auditory nerve in deaf kittens: Effects on cochlear nucleus morphology
Highly Cited
1989
Highly Cited
1989
Gustatory innervation in the rabbit: Central distribution of sensory and motor components of the chorda tympani, glossopharyngeal, and superior laryngeal nerves
Although rabbits have been used extensively in neurophysiological studies of the gustatory system, there is little information… 
Highly Cited
1987
Highly Cited
1987
Strychnine alters the fusiform cell output from the dorsal cochlear nucleus
Highly Cited
1982
Highly Cited
1982
Descending projections from the inferior colliculus to the dorsal cochlear nucleus in the cat: An autoradiographic study
Highly Cited
1981
Highly Cited
1981
Afferent sources of a lateral midbrain tegmental zone associated with the pinnae in the cat as mapped by retrograde transport of horseradish peroxidase
  • C. Henkel
  • The Journal of comparative neurology
  • 1981
  • Corpus ID: 39928514
A paralemniscal zone in the lateral midbrain tegmentum of the cat has been identified in a possible pathway from the superior… 
Highly Cited
1977
Highly Cited
1977
Aspartic acid and glutamic acid levels in the cochlear nucleus after auditory nerve lesion
Highly Cited
1968
Highly Cited
1968
Comparison of reticular and cochlear multiple unit activity with auditory evoked responses during various stages induced by anesthetic agents. II.
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