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. 2017 Apr 19;11:18. doi: 10.3389/fncir.2017.00018

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Antero-posterior origin of auditory nuclei. (A) Schema showing a sagittal view of the hindbrain in which the color code represents rhombomeric origin of r2- (yellow), r3- (dark green), r4- (red), r5- (light green) derived territories and auditory nuclei. (B,C) Schematic representations of the (B) cochlear nuclear complex (AVCN, PVCN, DCN, and microneuronal shell), and (C) superior olivary complex (LSO, MSO, MNTB, VNTB, LNTB, SPO) and olivocochlear (LOC and MOC) neurons. Colors refer to their rhombomeric origin as described in (A).