The postnatal growth of cochlear nucleus subdivisions and neuronal somata of the anteroventral cochlear nucleus in the Mongolian gerbil (Meriones unguiculatus)

DOI to cite this document:: 10.5283/epub.4316

Gleich, Otto ; Kadow, Celia ; Strutz, Jürgen

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Abstract

We have analysed the postnatal volume increase of the cochlear nucleus subdivisions from birth to senescence in the Mongolian gerbil. All subdivisions showed the most prominent growth in the 2nd week of life before the onset of hearing on day 12. After the onset of hearing, the dorsal and the postero-ventral portion of the cochlear nucleus showed only a moderate degree of further growth. The ...