Study of afferent nerve terminals and fibers in the gerbil cochlea: Distribution by size

Hearing Research

Volumn 144, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 124-134

  Slepecky, Norma B ^a,b   Galsky, Matthew D ^a,b   Swartzentruber Martin, Heidi ^a,b   Savage, Joan ^b  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Syracuse Institute for Sensory Research   (United States)

Author keywords

Auditory nerve; Cochlea

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAT; CELL SIZE; COCHLEA; COCHLEAR NERVE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GERBIL; GUINEA PIG; HAIR CELL; MICROSCOPY; NERVE ENDING; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NERVE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SYNAPSE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ANIMALS; COCHLEA; GERBILLINAE; HAIR CELLS, INNER; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; NERVE ENDINGS; NERVE FIBERS; SPIRAL GANGLION;

EID: 0034121374     PISSN: 03785955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-5955(00)00055-1     Document Type: Article

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