Vital staining of the hearing organ: Visualization of cellular structure with confocal microscopy

Neuroscience

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 215-228

  Flock, A ^a   Scarfone, E ^b   Ulfendahl, M ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

Fluorescent dyes; Hair cell; Organ of Corti; Receptor cell; Sensory organ; Tectorial membrane

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; COCHLEA DUCT; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CORTI ORGAN; GUINEA PIG; HAIR CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VITAL STAIN;

ANIMALS; CILIA; COLORING AGENTS; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; GUINEA PIGS; HAIR CELLS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; ORGAN OF CORTI;

EID: 0032032403     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-4522(97)00335-7     Document Type: Article

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