Structural and functional changes in the cristae ampullares of aged gerbils

Neuroscience

Volumn 147, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 794-802

  Leonard, R B ^a   Kevetter, G A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

Author keywords

eighth nerve; Scarpa's ganglion and hair cells; vestibular afferents; vestibular system

Indexed keywords

CALRETININ;

AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HAIR CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NERVE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; VESTIBULAR DISORDER; VESTIBULAR SYSTEM;

AGING; ANIMALS; CALCIUM-BINDING PROTEIN, VITAMIN D-DEPENDENT; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EVOKED POTENTIALS; GERBILLINAE; SEMICIRCULAR CANALS; VESTIBULAR NERVE;

EID: 34347209859     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2007.05.001     Document Type: Article

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