Aspartate is enriched in sensory cells and subpopulations of non-neuronal cells in the guinea pig inner ear: A quantitative immunoelectron microscopic analysis

Brain Research

Volumn 742, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 43-49

  Usami, Shin ichi ^a   Ottersen, Ole P ^b  

^a HIROSAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

aspartate; cochlea; freeze substitution; guinea pig; hair cell; immunocytochemistry; vestibular end organ

Indexed keywords

ASPARTIC ACID;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GUINEA PIG; HAIR CELL; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; INNER EAR; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NERVE;

ANIMALS; ASPARTIC ACID; COCHLEA; EAR, INNER; GUINEA PIGS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICROSCOPY, IMMUNOELECTRON;

EID: 0030566685     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(96)01001-3     Document Type: Article

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