Histopathologic observations of the aging gerbil cochlea

Hearing Research

Volumn 104, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 101-111

  Adams, Joe C ^a   Schulte, Bradley A ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY   (United States)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

hair cell; organ of Corti; pathology; presbycusis

Indexed keywords

AGING; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COCHLEA; CORTI ORGAN; GERBIL; HEARING LOSS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRESBYACUSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGING; ANIMALS; CELL COUNT; CELL SIZE; COCHLEA; GERBILLINAE; HAIR CELLS, INNER; HAIR CELLS, OUTER; HEARING DISORDERS; PRESBYCUSIS; SPIRAL GANGLION; TISSUE FIXATION; TYMPANIC MEMBRANE; VESTIBULAR NUCLEUS, LATERAL;

EID: 0031081544     PISSN: 03785955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-5955(96)00184-0     Document Type: Article

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