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## Abstract Cells in the medial nucleus of the trapezoid body were intracellularly labeled in brainstem tissue slices of two bat and two rodent species. The main cell type found in this nucleus, the principal cell, is an important link in the relay of ascending projections from the contralateral cochlear nucleus to the lateral superior olive, completing an essential pathway for sound localization. Principal cells are often viewed as a highly homogeneous group with a consistent morphology as well as a common function. Intracellular labeling has revealed a number of new axonal and dendritic features of principal cells. Some of these features vary widely from cell to cell, suggesting that the population of principal cells contains several morphologically distinct subgroups. Similar subsets of principal cells were recognized in all species examined. Five subgroups were distinguished on the basis of the position of dendritic fields. Although the dendrites of most labeled cells were confined to the medial nucleus of the trapezoid body, some principal cells had dendrites that spread outside the nucleus to one of several adjacent periolivary cell groups. Cells were also found that had dend

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Author

N. Kuwabara; J. M. Zook

Publisher

John Wiley and Sons; Wiley (John Wiley & Sons); John Wiley & Sons Inc.; Wiley; Research Square (ISSN 0021-9967)

Published

1991

Language

EN

Field

Neuroscience (Life Sciences)