Structural basis for mechanical transduction in the frog vestibular sensory apparatus: III. The organization of the otoconial mass

Hearing Research

Volumn 131, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 11-21

  Kurc, Maurício ^a   Farina, Marcos ^b   Lins, Ulysses ^c   Kachar, Bechara ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DEAFNESS AND OTHER COMMUNICATION DISORDERS   (United States)

^b Inst Cie Biomed   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Electron microscopy; Freeze etching; Frog vestibular sensory organ; Mechanical transduction; Otoconium; Otolithic membrane; Vestibular system

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CARBONATE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BULLFROG; CROSS LINKING; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FREEZE ETCHING; NEUROEPITHELIUM; NONHUMAN; OTOLITH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELATIVE DENSITY; SACCULUS; SENSE ORGAN; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; UTRICLE; VESTIBULAR SYSTEM;

EID: 0032945402     PISSN: 03785955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-5955(99)00007-6     Document Type: Article

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