Saccular-specific hair cell addition correlates with reproductive state-dependent changes in the auditory saccular sensitivity of a vocal fish

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1366-1376

  Coffin, Allison B ^a,b,c   Mohr, Robert A ^a   Sisneros, Joseph A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUDITORY RESPONSE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; BODY SIZE; BREEDING; CELL DEATH; CELL DENSITY; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED AUDITORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; FISH; FLUORESCENCE IMAGING; HAIR CELL; HEARING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCULUS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEASONAL VARIATION;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANIMALS; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; BATRACHOIDIFORMES; CELL DEATH; FEMALE; HAIR CELLS, AUDITORY; MALE; REPRODUCTION; SACCULE AND UTRICLE; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 84856281033     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.4928-11.2012     Document Type: Article

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