High-resolution three-dimensional imaging of the lateral plasma membrane of cochlear outer hair cells by atomic force microscopy

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 451, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 62-69

  Le Grimellec, Christian ^a   Giocondi, Marie Cécile ^a   Lenoir, Marc ^b   Vater, Marianne ^a   Sposito, Gérard ^a   Pujol, Rémy ^a  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Auditory sensory cells; Nanometer scale morphology; Near field microscopy

Indexed keywords

MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; AUDITORY STIMULATION; AUDITORY SYSTEM; CELL MEMBRANE; COCHLEA; CORTI ORGAN; CYTOSKELETON; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HAIR CELL; HIGH RESOLUTION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MOTOR NERVE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; SCANNING NEAR FIELD OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ANIMALS; CELL MEMBRANE; CYTOSKELETON; HAIR CELLS, OUTER; MAMMALS; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 0037047994     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.10338     Document Type: Article

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