Article
Dedifferentiation phenomena after denervation of mammalian adult vestibular receptors.
Neuroreport - 1 Sept 1991
Favre D, Sans A
Abstract excerpt
The effect of transecting the vestibular nerve on the vestibular sensory epithelium was studied in adult guinea-pigs. When denervation was complete, after fifteen days, the vestibular hair cells began to show morphological features of immaturity. After two months, the majority of hair cells showed a supporting cell phenotype. By four months, both hair cells and supporting cells had become morphologically similar...
Topics
- Age Factors
- Animals
- Cell Differentiation
- Denervation
- Epithelium
- Guinea Pigs
- Hair Cells, Auditory
- Phenotype
- Vestibular Nerve