Hair cell numbers do not decrease in the crista ampullaris of geriatric gerbils

Journal of Neuroscience Research

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 279-285

  Kevetter, Golda Anne ^a,c   Zimmerman, Cindy Lou ^a   Leonard, Robert B ^a,b  

^a University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Axonal dystrophy; Balance; Design based stereology; Vestibular

Indexed keywords

AGED; AMPULLARY CREST; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CELL DENSITY; CELL TYPE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIZZINESS; FALLING; GERBIL; HAIR CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEREOLOGY; VESTIBULAR SYSTEM;

AGING; ANIMALS; CELL COUNT; GERBILLINAE; HAIR CELLS; VESTIBULE;

EID: 18744371893     PISSN: 03604012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jnr.20451     Document Type: Article

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