Smooth muscle in the annulus fibrosus of the tympanic membrane in bats, rodents, insectivores, and humans

Hearing Research

Volumn 200, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 29-37

  Henson, M M ^a   Madden, V J ^a   Rask Andersen, H ^b   Henson Jr , O W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Annulus fibrosus; Smooth muscle; Tympanic annulus; Tympanic membrane

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BAT; BLOOD FLOW; BLOOD VESSEL; BONE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EARDRUM; FEMALE; HEDGEHOG; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; INSECTIVORE; MALE; MAMMAL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RODENT; SMOOTH MUSCLE; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; TENSION;

AGED; ANIMALS; CHIROPTERA; FEMALE; GERBILLINAE; HEDGEHOGS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MICE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; PHYLOGENY; RATS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TYMPANIC MEMBRANE;

EID: 12744272935     PISSN: 03785955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.heares.2004.09.004     Document Type: Article

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