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Laboratory of Nell B. Cant, Ph.D. MainLab PersonnelRecent Papers
Cant, N. B. and C. G. Benson. Multiple topographically organized projections connect the central nucleus of the inferior colliculus to the ventral division of the medial geniculate nucleus in the gerbil, Meriones unguiculatus. J. Comp. Neurol., 503:432-453, 2007.
Cant, N. B. and C. G. Benson. Wisteris floribunda lectin is associated with specific cell types in the ventral cochlear nucleus of the gerbil, Meriones unguiculatus. Hearing Res., 216-217: 64-72, 2006.
Cant, N. B. and C. G. Benson. Organization of the inferior colliculus of the gerbil (Meriones unguiculatus): Differences in distribution of projections from the cochlear nucleus and the superior olivary complex. J. Comp. Neurol., 495: 511-528, 2006.
Cant, N. B. and C. G. Benson. An atlas of the inferior colliculus of the gerbil in three dimensions. Hearing Res., 206: 12-27, 2005
Schofield, B.R. and N.B. Cant (1999) Descending auditory pathways: Projections from the inferior colliculus contact superior olivary cells that project bilaterally to the cochlear nuclei. J. Comp. Neurol. 409: 210-223.
Tucci, D.L., N.B. Cant, and D. Durham (1999) Conductive hearing loss results in a decrease in central auditory system activity in the young gerbil. Laryngoscope 109: 1359-1371.
Cant, N.B. (1998) Structural development of the mammalian auditory pathways. In: Development of the Auditory System. E. W Rubel, R. R. Fay, and A. N. Popper (eds.) Springer Handbook of Auditory Research, Vol. 9, Springer-Verlag, pp. 315-414.
Schofield, B.R. and N.B. Cant (1997) The ventral nucleus of the lateral lemniscus in guinea pigs: Cytoarchitecture and inputs from the cochlear nucleus. J. Comp. Neurol. 379: 363-385.
Schofield, B.R. and N.B. Cant (1996) Origins and targets of commissural connections between the cochlear nuclei in guinea pigs. J. Comp. Neurol. 375: 128-146.
Schofield, B.R. and N.B. Cant (1996) Projections from the ventral cochlear nucleus to the inferior colliculus and the contralateral cochlear nucleus in guinea pigs. Hearing Res. 102: 1-14.
Cant, N.B. (1993) The synaptic organization of the ventral cochlear nucleus of the cat: The peripheral cap of small cells. In: The Mammalian Cochlear Nuclei: Organization and Function. M. A. Merchán, J. M. Juiz, D. A. Godfrey, and E. Mugnaini (eds.), Plenum Publishing Corp., pp. 91-105.