Ultrastructural analysis of the cristae ampullares in the squirrel monkey (Saimiri sciureus)

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 511, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 47-64

  Lysakowski, Anna ^a   Goldberg, Jay M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Efferent synapses; Hair cells; Maculae; Otolith organs; Ribbon synapses; Semicircular canals; Vestibular

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EFFERENT NERVE; HAIR CELL; MALE; MUSCLE SPINDLE AFFERENT NERVE; NEUROEPITHELIUM; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMICIRCULAR CANAL; SQUIRREL MONKEY; SYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; VESTIBULOOCULAR REFLEX; ANIMAL; CEBIDAE; CHINCHILLA; HISTOLOGY; SEMICIRCULAR DUCT; SYNAPSE; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VESTIBULE;

ANIMALS; CHINCHILLA; HAIR CELLS, VESTIBULAR; MALE; OTOLITHIC MEMBRANE; SAIMIRI; SEMICIRCULAR DUCTS; SYNAPSES; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 56149087780     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: 10969861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.21827     Document Type: Article

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