Spiral ganglion cell loss is unrelated to segmental cochlear sensory system degeneration in humans

Otology and Neurotology

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 418-422

  Linthicum Jr , Fred H ^a,c   Fayad, Jose N ^a,b  

^a HOUSE EAR INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b HOUSE CLINIC   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Hair cells; Human; Spiral ganglion; Supporting cells

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CELL LOSS; COCHLEA; CORTI ORGAN; DENDRITE; EAR SURGERY; FEMALE; HAIR CELL; HAIR LOSS; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HEARING LOSS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMPLANT; NERVE DEGENERATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY SYSTEM; SPIRAL GANGLION; STRIA VASCULARIS; TEMPORAL BONE; AUDIOMETRY; CASE REPORT; CELL SURVIVAL; COCHLEA FENESTRA; COCHLEAR NERVE; FACTUAL DATABASE; HISTOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; SEMICIRCULAR CANAL; SUDDEN DEAFNESS; TINNITUS; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUDIOMETRY; CELL SURVIVAL; COCHLEA; COCHLEAR NERVE; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DENDRITES; FEMALE; HAIR CELLS, AUDITORY; HEARING LOSS; HEARING LOSS, SUDDEN; HUMANS; NERVE DEGENERATION; ROUND WINDOW, EAR; SEMICIRCULAR CANALS; SPIRAL GANGLION; TINNITUS;

EID: 65549106905     PISSN: 15317129     EISSN: 15374505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MAO.0b013e31819a8827     Document Type: Article

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