TUNEL staining of inner ear structures may reflect autolysis, not apoptosis

Hearing Research

Volumn 130, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 131-136

  Nishizaki, Kazunori ^a   Yoshino, Tadashi ^a   Orita, Yorihisa ^a   Nomiya, Shigenobu ^a   Masuda, Yu ^a  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Autolysis; Fixation; Inner ear; TUNEL method

Indexed keywords

FIXATIVE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; AUTOLYSIS; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; COCHLEA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; HAIR CELL; INNER EAR; LATENT PERIOD; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCULUS; SENESCENCE; STAINING; STRIA VASCULARIS; TISSUE FIXATION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; AUTOLYSIS; EAR, INNER; FIXATIVES; HAIR CELLS; IN SITU NICK-END LABELING; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; STAINING AND LABELING; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0032910541     PISSN: 03785955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-5955(99)00002-7     Document Type: Article

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