Outer hair cell morphology related to function

Ear, Nose and Throat Journal

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 1997, Pages

  Slepecky, Norma B ^a  

^a Syracuse Institute for Sensory Research   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL MOTILITY; COCHLEA; CYTOPLASM; EFFERENT NERVE; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; HAIR CELL; HUMAN; INNERVATION; NONHUMAN; SENSORY NERVE; STEREOCILIUM;

EID: 8044257724     PISSN: 01455613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/014556139707600308     Document Type: Article

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