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Early development and degeneration of vestibular hair cells in bronx waltzer mutant mice.
Hearing research - 1 Feb 2002
Cheong Michael A, Steel Karen P
Abstract excerpt
In bronx waltzer mouse mutants, inner hair cells die at an early stage in their development, from around 17.5 days of gestation onwards. In contrast, outer hair cells appear to develop normally. Vestibular hair cells also degenerate, but the earliest signs of vestibular abnormalities have not yet been described. We looked at prenatal and early postnatal stages of vestibular development by scanning electron...
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