Synaptic Arrangements between Inner Hair Cells and Tunnel Fibers in the Mouse Cochlea

Synapse

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 299-315

  Sobkowicz, Hanna M ^a   August, Benjamin K ^a   Slapnick, Susan M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Inner outer hair cells; Organ of Corti; Reciprocal triadic synapses; Tunnel fibers

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; COCHLEA; CORTI ORGAN; DENDRITE; EFFERENT NERVE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HAIR CELL; HEARING; MOUSE; NERVE ENDING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NERVE; SPIRAL GANGLION; SUPERIOR OLIVARY NUCLEUS; SYNAPSE VESICLE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; HAIR CELLS, INNER; MICE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; NEURAL PATHWAYS; SYNAPSES;

EID: 2342582189     PISSN: 08874476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/syn.20026     Document Type: Article

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