Afferent synapses are present in utricular hair cells from otoconia-deficient mice

Hearing Research

Volumn 222, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 35-42

  Hoffman, Larry F ^a   Ross, Muriel D ^b   Varelas, Joseph ^c   Jones, Sherri M ^d   Jones, Timothy A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^c NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^d EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gravity orientation; Head tilt; Labyrinth; Synaptic ribbon; Vestibular

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HAIR CELL; MOUSE; NEUROEPITHELIUM; NONHUMAN; OTOLITH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NERVE; STIMULUS; SYNAPSE; UTRICLE;

ANIMALS; HAIR CELLS, INNER; MICE; MICE, MUTANT STRAINS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; OTOLITHIC MEMBRANE; SACCULE AND UTRICLE; SYNAPSES;

EID: 33750685684     PISSN: 03785955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.heares.2006.05.013     Document Type: Article

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