Postnatal development of the organ of Corti in cats: A light microscopic morphometric study

Hearing Research

Volumn 127, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 1-13

  Sato, Minako ^a,b   Leake, Patricia A ^a   Hradek, Gary T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Basilar membrane; Development; Hair cell; Organ of Corti; Tunnel of Corti

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BASILAR MEMBRANE; CAT; COCHLEA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTI ORGAN; HAIR CELL; HISTOLOGY; NONHUMAN; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BASILAR MEMBRANE; CATS; EAR, MIDDLE; HAIR CELLS, INNER; HAIR CELLS, OUTER; ORGAN OF CORTI;

EID: 0032922419     PISSN: 03785955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-5955(98)00143-9     Document Type: Article

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