Age-related changes of the globular substance in the otoconial membrane of mice

Laryngoscope

Volumn 107, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 378-381

  Suzuki, Hideaki ^a   Ikeda, Katsuhisa ^a   Takasaka, Tomonori ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ca2+ concentration; Globular substance; Mouse; Otoconial membrane; Vestibular macula

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION;

AGING; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CELL MEMBRANE; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OTOLITH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UTRICLE; VESTIBULAR DISORDER; VESTIBULAR SYSTEM;

ACOUSTIC MACULAE; AGING; ANILINE COMPOUNDS; ANIMALS; CALCIUM; FLUORESCENT DYES; HAIR CELLS, VESTIBULAR; IONOMYCIN; IONOPHORES; MANGANESE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; OTOLITHIC MEMBRANE; SACCULE AND UTRICLE; SENSATION DISORDERS; VESTIBULE; XANTHENES;

EID: 0030898868     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005537-199703000-00019     Document Type: Article

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