Unbiased counting of neurons in the cochlea of developing gerbils

Hearing Research

Volumn 278, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 43-51

  Richter, C P ^a,b,c   Kumar, G ^a   Webster, E ^a   Banas, S K ^a   Whitlon, D S ^a,c  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Northwestern University   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIRTH; CELL COUNT; CELL DENSITY; CELL MATURATION; COCHLEAR NERVE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBEDDING; GERBIL; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPIRAL GANGLION; STEREOMETRY; TISSUE SECTION;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CELL COUNT; COCHLEA; FEMALE; GERBILLINAE; HISTOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; MALE; NEURONS; SPIRAL GANGLION;

EID: 79961002989     PISSN: 03785955     EISSN: 18785891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.heares.2011.02.003     Document Type: Article

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