Reciprocal synapses between outer hair cells and their afferent terminals: Evidence for a local neural network in the mammalian cochlea

JARO - Journal of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 477-489

  Thiers, Fabio A ^a,b,c   Nadol Jr , Joseph B ^b,c   Liberman, M Charles ^a,b,c  

^a MASSACHUSETTS EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Auditory nerve; Inner ear; Spiral ganglion

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUDITORY NERVOUS SYSTEM; CAT; COCHLEA; CONTROLLED STUDY; HAIR CELL; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NERVE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ANIMALS; AUDITORY PATHWAYS; CATS; COCHLEAR NERVE; EFFERENT PATHWAYS; HAIR CELLS, AUDITORY, OUTER; MAMMALS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; NERVE FIBERS; SPIRAL GANGLION; SYNAPSES;

EID: 55949117206     PISSN: 15253961     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10162-008-0135-x     Document Type: Article

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