Thickness of the gerbil tympanic membrane measured with confocal microscopy

Hearing Research

Volumn 209, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 42-52

  Kuypers, Liesbeth C ^a   Dirckx, Joris J J ^a   Decraemer, Willem F ^a   Timmermans, Jean Pierre ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Confocal fluorescence microscopy; Eardrum; Middle ear; Modeling; Pars flaccida; Pars tensa

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EARDRUM; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STERNUM; SURFACE PROPERTY;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; GERBILLINAE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MODELS, ANATOMIC; REVIEW LITERATURE; TYMPANIC MEMBRANE;

EID: 27644524007     PISSN: 03785955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.heares.2005.06.003     Document Type: Article

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