Regional estimates of hair cells and supporting cells in the human crista ampullaris

Journal of Neuroscience Research

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 421-431

  Lopez, Ivan ^a   Ishiyama, Gail ^a   Tang, Yong ^b   Tokita, Joshua ^a,c   Baloh, Robert W ^a   Ishiyama, Akira ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CHONGQING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Human vestibular periphery; Inner ear; Sensory cells; Stereology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CELL DENSITY; COCHLEA FENESTRA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HAIR CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIFESPAN; MALE; MICRODISSECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEREOLOGY; TEMPORAL BONE; VESTIBULAR SYSTEM;

EID: 27644507804     PISSN: 03604012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jnr.20652     Document Type: Article

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