Ultrastructural differences among afferent synapses on cochlear hair cells: Correlations with spontaneous discharge rate

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 371, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 208-221

  Merchan Perez, Angel ^a,b   Liberman, M Charles ^a,b,c  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY   (United States)

^c HARVARD MIT DIVISION OF HEALTH SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

cochlea; intracellular labeling; synapse; synaptic body

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NERVE FIBER; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CAT; CELL LABELING; COCHLEA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HAIR CELL; INTRACELLULAR RECORDING; MICROSCOPY; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NERVE; SYNAPSE; SYNAPSE VESICLE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ANIMALS; CATS; HAIR CELLS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; SYNAPSES; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0029783912     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19960722)371:2<208::AID-CNE2>3.3.CO;2-P     Document Type: Article

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