Two types of afferent terminals innervate cochlear inner hair cells in C57BL/6J mice

Brain Research

Volumn 1016, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 182-194

  Francis, Howard W ^a,c   Rivas, Alejandro ^a   Lehar, Mohamed ^a   Ryugo, David K ^a,b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Auditory; Auditory, vestibular and lateral line: periphery; Inner hair cell; Mitochondria; Nerve ending; Presbycusis; Sensory systems; Synapse

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; COCHLEA; CONTROLLED STUDY; HAIR CELL; HEARING; INNERVATION; MORPHOLOGY; MOUSE; NERVE ENDING; NONHUMAN; PRESBYACUSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NERVE; STEREOLOGY;

AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ANIMALS; COCHLEA; HAIR CELLS, INNER; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; NEURAL NETWORKS (COMPUTER); SYNAPSES;

EID: 3042812524     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2004.05.016     Document Type: Article

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