Comparative Electronmicroscopical Investigations on the Influences of Altered Gravity on Cytochrome Oxidase in the Inner Ear of Fish: A Spaceflight Study

Journal of Brain Research

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 291-300

  Nindl, Gabi ^a   Körtje, Karl Heinz ^a   Slenzka, Klaus ^a   Rahmann, Hinrich ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cytochemistry; Electron microscopy; Gravity; Hair cell; Teleost

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EPITHELIUM; FISH; FLIGHT EXPERIMENT; GRAVITY; HAIR CELL; INNER EAR; MANNED; METABOLISM; SHORT DURATION; STS-55 SHUTTLE PROJECT; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

FLIGHT EXPERIMENT; MANNED; SHORT DURATION; STS-55 SHUTTLE PROJECT;

ANIMALS; EAR, INNER; ELECTRON TRANSPORT COMPLEX IV; EPITHELIUM; FISHES; GRAVITATION; HAIR CELLS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON;

EID: 0039397546     PISSN: 09448160     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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