Deiters cells tread a narrow path-The Deiters cells-basilar membrane junction-

Hearing Research

Volumn 290, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 13-20

  Parsa, Arya ^a   Webster, Paul ^a,b   Kalinec, Federico ^a,b  

^a HOUSE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BASILAR MEMBRANE; CELL STRUCTURE; COCHLEA; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CORTI ORGAN; CYTOARCHITECTURE; DEITERS CELL; FEMALE; MALE; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ANIMALS; BASILAR MEMBRANE; CELL ADHESION; CELL SHAPE; CYTOSKELETON; FEMALE; LABYRINTH SUPPORTING CELLS; MALE; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION, CELLULAR; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; ORGAN OF CORTI;

EID: 84863776944     PISSN: 03785955     EISSN: 18785891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.heares.2012.05.006     Document Type: Article

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