Unbiased stereological estimation of the spiral ligament and stria vascularis volumes in aging and Ménière's disease using archival human temporal bones

JARO - Journal of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 8-17

  Ishiyama, Gail ^a   Tokita, Joshua ^b   Lopez, Ivan ^a   Tang, Yong ^c   Ishiyama, Akira ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

^c CHONGQING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Aging; Archival human temporal bone; M ni re's disease; Spiral ligament; Stria vascularis; Unbiased stereology; Volume estimation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASSAY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LOUDNESS; MALE; MENIERE DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPIRAL GANGLION; STEREOLOGY; STEREOMETRY; STRIA VASCULARIS; TEMPORAL BONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ANATOMY; ATROPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LIGAMENTS; MALE; MENIERE'S DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PRESBYCUSIS; STRIA VASCULARIS; TEMPORAL BONE;

EID: 33846828788     PISSN: 15253961     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10162-006-0057-4     Document Type: Article

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