Methods for integrating fluorimetry in the study of hearing organ structure and function

Hearing Research

Volumn 106, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 29-38

  Flock, Åke ^a   Flock, Britta ^a   Fridberger, Anders ^a   Jäger, Wanje ^b  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

auditory system; cochlear potential; fluorescence microscopy; hair cell; hearing; organ of Corti

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; COCHLEA POTENTIAL; CORTI ORGAN; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GUINEA PIG; HAIR CELL; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030944570     PISSN: 03785955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-5955(96)00215-8     Document Type: Article

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