Quantitative evaluation of cochlear neuronal and computer-aided three-dimensional reconstruction of spiral ganglion cells in humans with a peripheral loss of nerve fibres

Hearing Research

Volumn 105, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 183-190

  Felder, E ^a   Kanonier, G ^a   Scholtz, A ^a   Rask Andersen, H ^b   A Schrott Fischer, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Degeneration; Human; Neuron; Spiral ganglion

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COCHLEAR NERVE; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; NERVE FIBER DEGENERATION; PRESBYACUSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPIRAL GANGLION; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

AGING; AXONS; COCHLEA; COCHLEAR NERVE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MYELIN SHEATH; NERVE FIBERS; NEURONS; PRESBYCUSIS; SCHWANN CELLS; SPIRAL GANGLION;

EID: 0031106657     PISSN: 03785955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-5955(96)00209-2     Document Type: Article

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