Examination of the cupula and stereocilia of the horizontal semicircular canal in the toadfish Opsanus tau

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 402, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 48-61

  Silver, Robert B ^a   Reeves, Anthony P ^b   Steinacker, Antionette ^a,c   Highstein, Stephen M ^a,c  

^a MARINE BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Cornell University   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Microscopy; Sensory hair cell; Vestibular

Indexed keywords

BETA N ACETYLHEXOSAMINIDASE; CARBOHYDRATE; MUCIN; N ACETYL BETA GLUCOSAMINIDASE; SIALIDASE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; FISH; HAIR CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEMICIRCULAR CANAL; STEREOCILIUM;

NON-PROGRAMMATIC;

ACETYLGLUCOSAMINIDASE; ANIMALS; CILIA; COLORING AGENTS; ENZYME TESTS; FISHES; GLYCOSAMINOGLYCANS; HAIR CELLS; HYALURONOGLUCOSAMINIDASE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; NEURAMINIDASE; SEMICIRCULAR CANALS; TETRAPYRROLES; VESTIBULAR NERVE;

EID: 0032495019     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19981207)402:1<48::AID-CNE4>3.0.CO;2-9     Document Type: Article

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