Aging rat vestibular ganglion: II. Quantitative electron microscopic evaluation

Annals of Otology, Rhinology and Laryngology

Volumn 106, Issue 9 II SUPPL., 1997, Pages 753-758

  Lyon, Michael J ^a,c   King, Jeffrey M ^b  

^a SUNY UPSTATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c State University of New York Upstate Medical University: College of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Labyrinth; Rat; Scarpa's ganglion; Vestibule

Indexed keywords

PIGMENT;

AEROBIC METABOLISM; AGING; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL VOLUME; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; GANGLION; GOLGI COMPLEX; MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; ROUGH ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; VESTIBULAR NERVE;

AGING; ANIMALS; FEMALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MITOCHONDRIA; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SPIRAL GANGLION; VESTIBULAR NERVE;

EID: 0030870453     PISSN: 00034894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000348949710600908     Document Type: Article

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