Electronmicroscopic investigations on the role of vesicle-like bodies in inner ear maculae for fish otolith growth

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 2031-2034

  Ibsch, M ^a   Vohringer P ^a   Anken, R H ^a   Rahmann, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUFFER; FIXATIVE; GLUTARALDEHYDE; OSMIUM TETRAOXIDE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYPRINODONTIFORMES; CYTOLOGY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EPITHELIUM CELL; LARVA; OSMOLARITY; PHYSIOLOGY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TILAPIA; TISSUE FIXATION; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VESTIBULE;

ANIMALS; BUFFERS; CYPRINODONTIFORMES; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FIXATIVES; GLUTARAL; LARVA; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; OSMIUM TETROXIDE; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; OTOLITHIC MEMBRANE; SACCULE AND UTRICLE; TILAPIA; TISSUE FIXATION;

EID: 0033641911     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0273-1177(99)01011-X     Document Type: Article

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