Three-dimensional regular arrangement of the annular ligament of the rat stapediovestibular joint

Hearing Research

Volumn 213, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 11-16

  Ohashi, Mitsuru ^a   Ide, Soyuki ^a   Kimitsuki, Takashi ^b   Komune, Shizuo ^b   Suganuma, Tatsuo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIYAZAKI   (Japan)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Annular ligament; Elastic fiber; Electron microscopy; Rat; Stapediovestibular joint

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANNULAR LIGAMENT; ARTICLE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; JOINT EXAMINATION; MALE; MIDDLE EAR; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SOUND TRANSMISSION; STAPEDIOVESTIBULAR JOINT; STAPES; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VESTIBULE;

ANIMALS; CARTILAGE, ARTICULAR; LIGAMENTS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; STAPES; VESTIBULE, LABYRINTH;

EID: 33644815950     PISSN: 03785955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.heares.2005.11.007     Document Type: Article

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