Kinocilia heights on utricular hair cells

Hearing Research

Volumn 145, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 8-16

  Fontilla, M F ^a   Peterson, E H ^a  

^a OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Hair cell; Immunochemistry; Kinocilia; Mechanics; Otolith organ; Turtle; Utricle

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL FUNCTION; FEMALE; HAIR CELL; HEAD MOVEMENT; IMMUNOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MECHANICS; MICROPHOTOGRAPHY; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; OTOLITH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAINING; TECHNIQUE; TURTLE; UTRICLE;

ANIMALS; CILIA; FEMALE; IMMUNOCHEMISTRY; MALE; OPTICS; SACCULE AND UTRICLE; STAINING AND LABELING; TURTLES;

EID: 0034129590     PISSN: 03785955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-5955(00)00068-X     Document Type: Article

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