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The Postsynaptic Function of Type II Cochlear Afferents

The mammalian cochlea is innervated by two classes of sensory neurons. Type I neurons make up 90-95% of the cochlear nerve and contact single inner hair cells (IHCs) to provide acoustic analysis as we know it. In contrast, the far less numerous Type II neurons arborize extensively among outer hair c...

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Autores principales: Weisz, Catherine, Glowatzki, Elisabeth, Fuchs, Paul
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2785502/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19847265
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nature08487