Quantitative analysis of the ribbon synapse number of cochlear inner hair cells in C57BL/6J mice using the three-dimensional modeling method

Science in China, Series C: Life Sciences

Volumn 52, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 807-812

  Liu, Ke ^a   Li, Shu Na ^a   Jiang, Xue Jun ^a  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Inner hair cells; Laser scanning confocal microscope; Ribbon synapses; Three dimensional modeling

Indexed keywords

AMPA RECEPTOR; CTBP2 PROTEIN, MOUSE; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR IONOTROPIC, AMPA 2; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR IONOTROPIC, AMPA 3; PHOSPHOPROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; C57BL MOUSE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HAIR CELL; METABOLISM; MOUSE; SYNAPSE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; HAIR CELLS, AUDITORY, INNER; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; PHOSPHOPROTEINS; RECEPTORS, AMPA; SYNAPSES;

MAMMALIA; MUS;

EID: 70350371458     PISSN: 10069305     EISSN: 18622798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11427-009-0116-2     Document Type: Article

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