The hemicochlea preparation of the guinea pig and other mammalian cochleae

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 162, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 187-197

  Teudt, Ingo Ulrik ^a,b   Richter, Claus Peter ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

Basilar membrane; Guinea pig; Hemicochlea; Method; Morphology; Tectorial membrane

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COCHLEA; COCHLEA DUCT; CONTROLLED STUDY; GERBIL; GUINEA PIG; HEMICOCHLEA; HISTOLOGY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MORPHOLOGY; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SENSORY SYSTEM; SWINE; TEMPORAL BONE; TISSUE SECTION;

ANIMALS; COCHLEA; DESICCATION; GERBILLINAE; GUINEA PIGS; MAMMALS; MICE; RATS; TEMPORAL BONE;

EID: 34047209994     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2007.01.012     Document Type: Article

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