Nature of the tympanic membrane insertion into the tympanic bone of the rat

Hearing Research

Volumn 128, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 80-88

  Kuijpers, W ^a   Peters, T A ^a   Tonnaer, E L G M ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Insertion; Myofibroblast; Rat; Tympanic bone; Tympanic membrane

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ACTIN; COLLAGEN FIBER; CYTOSKELETON PROTEIN; DESMIN; VIMENTIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUDITORY OSSICLE; CELL JUNCTION; CELL TYPE; CONNECTIVE TISSUE CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EARDRUM; FETUS; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; FIBROBLAST; MYOFIBROBLAST; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER;

ACTINS; ANIMALS; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT PROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TEMPORAL BONE; TYMPANIC MEMBRANE;

EID: 0032949291     PISSN: 03785955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-5955(98)00203-2     Document Type: Article

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