The role of the cochlea is to transduce complex sound waves into electrical neural activity in
the auditory nerve. Hair cells of the organ of Corti are the sensory cells of hearing. The inner …

Intermediate cells in the stria vascularis of the mammalian cochlea are melanocytes, which
contain melanin pigments and are capable of synthesizing melanin. These melanocytes are …

The cochlea within the inner ear contains the cells responsible for the perception of sound.
Unfortunately for researchers, the structures of interest are housed in a rather inaccessible …

Whole mounts and tissue sections of the organ of Corti from two representative mammaian
species, the Mongolian gerbil (Meriones unguiculatus) and the guinea pig (Cavea porcellus) …

Inner ear epithelia of mature birds regenerate hair cells after ototoxic or acoustic insult. The
lack of markers that selectively label cells in regenerating epithelia and of culture systems …

In order to evaluate the cytological homology of intermediate cells and melanocytes, and to
investigate the function of melanocytes in the inner ear, hearing acuity and cochlear …

Mutant mice with a particular type of cochlear pathology are excellent models to study the
functional role of various structures in the cochlea. In order to assess the contribution of …

Cells containing immunoreactive vimentin-type intermediate filaments (IF) were identified in
paraffin sections and whole-mount preparations of the gerbil inner ear. Most connective …

The expression of intermediate filament proteins was studied in the mature inner ear of the
rat and guinea pig, using a panel of polyclonal and monoclonal antibodies directed against …

The inner ear controls hearing and balance, while the temporal molecular signatures and
transcriptional regulatory dynamics underlying its development are still unclear. In this study …