The Inner Ear of the Lungfish Protopterus

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 471, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 277-288

  Platt, Christopher ^a   Jørgensen, Jørgen M ^b   Popper, Arthur N ^a,c  

^a Bldg 142   (United States)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Fish; Hearing; Lagena; Saccule; Utricle labyrinth

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DENSITY; CELL SIZE; CELL STRUCTURE; COMPARATIVE ANATOMY; FISH; FLAGELLUM; HAIR CELL; INNER EAR; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; OTOLITH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOPTERUS; SCANNING TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEMICIRCULAR CANAL; SENSE ORGAN; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; UTRICLE; VERTEBRATE;

ANIMALS; EAR, INNER; FISHES; HAIR CELLS, INNER;

EID: 1442275816     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.20038     Document Type: Article

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