Morphological polarizations of sensory hair cells in the three otolithic organs of a teleost fish: Fluorescent imaging of ciliary bundles

Hearing Research

Volumn 126, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 47-57

  Lu, Zhongmin ^a   Popper, Arthur N ^a  

^a Bldg 142   (United States)

Author keywords

Confocal microscopy; Hearing; Inner ear; Kinocilium; Stereocilia

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL POLARITY; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; DIRECTIONAL HEARING; FLUORESCENCE; HAIR CELL; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; OTOLITH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCULUS; SENSORY NERVE CELL; STEREOCILIUM; TELEOST; UTRICLE;

NON-PROGRAMMATIC;

ANIMALS; CELL POLARITY; CILIA; EAR; FISHES; HAIR CELLS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; OTOLITHIC MEMBRANE; SACCULE AND UTRICLE;

EID: 0032426226     PISSN: 03785955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-5955(98)00149-X     Document Type: Article

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