Efficient quantification of afferent cochlear ultrastructure using design-based stereology

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 150, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 150-158

  Francis, Howard W ^a   Rivas, Alejandro ^a   Lehar, Mohamed ^a   Saito, Yu ^a   Mouton, Peter R ^c,d   Ryugo, David K ^a,b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Department of Stereology Resource Center ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Afferent innervation; Cochlea; Disector principle; Inner hair cell; Nerve terminal; Stereology; Synapse; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; COCHLEA; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEARING ACUITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NERVE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STEREOLOGY; SYNAPSE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; HAIR CELLS, INNER; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; SYNAPSES;

EID: 31344439717     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2005.06.020     Document Type: Conference Paper

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