Isolation of cochlear inner hair cells

Hearing Research

Volumn 145, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 156-160

  He, David Z Z ^a   Zheng, Jing ^a   Edge, Roxanne ^a   Dallos, Peter ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gerbil; Inner hair cell; Isolation technique; Morphology; Outer hair cell; Voltage clamp

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL ISOLATION; COCHLEA; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; GERBIL; HAIR CELL; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PIPETTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TECHNIQUE; VOLTAGE CLAMP;

ANIMALS; CELL MOVEMENT; CELL SEPARATION; COCHLEA; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; GERBILLINAE; HAIR CELLS, INNER; HAIR CELLS, OUTER; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES;

EID: 0034091599     PISSN: 03785955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-5955(00)00084-8     Document Type: Article

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