Ultrastructural localization of ChAT-like immunoreactivity in the human vestibular periphery

Hearing Research

Volumn 119, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 96-103

  Kong, W J ^a,b   Hussl, B ^a   Thumfart, W F ^a   Schrott Fischer, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^b UNION HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; Choline acetyltransferase; Human; Immunoelectron microscopy; Vestibular neurosensory periphery

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; CHOLINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; NEUROTRANSMITTER;

ARTICLE; HAIR CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; NERVE ENDING; NEUROEPITHELIUM; PARASYMPATHETIC INNERVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VESTIBULAR SYSTEM;

ACOUSTIC MACULAE; AUTOPSY; CHOLINE O-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; EPITHELIAL CELLS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICROSCOPY, IMMUNOELECTRON; NEURONS, AFFERENT; NEURONS, EFFERENT; PERFUSION; PERILYMPH; TEMPORAL BONE;

EID: 0032080530     PISSN: 03785955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-5955(98)00033-1     Document Type: Article

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