Preservation of synapses on principal cells of the central nucleus of the inferior colliculus with aging in the CBA mouse

Hearing Research

Volumn 133, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 98-106

  Kazee, Ann M ^a   West, Norman R ^a  

^a SUNY UPSTATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Hearing; Inferior colliculus; Morphometry; Presbycusis

Indexed keywords

AGING; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUDITORY NERVOUS SYSTEM; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; INFERIOR COLLICULUS; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MORPHOMETRICS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNAPSE;

AGING; ANIMALS; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; INFERIOR COLLICULUS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, INBRED CBA; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; NEURONS, AFFERENT; PRESBYCUSIS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SYNAPSES;

EID: 0032802544     PISSN: 03785955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-5955(99)00058-1     Document Type: Article

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