Article
Mutant golden hamsters with an abnormal outer hair cell stereociliary arrangement.
Hearing research - 1 Feb 1990
Fujita H
Abstract excerpt
A new malformation of the inner ear was found in golden hamster reared at our institute. It was studied using electron microscope and auditory electrophysiological measurements including auditory brainstem response (ABR), whole nerve action potential (AP) cochlear microphonic (CM) potential, and the summating potential (SP). The stereocilia on individual first row of outer hair cells in the hamsters with...
Topics
- Action Potentials
- Animals
- Auditory Pathways
- Auditory Threshold
- Brain Stem
- Cilia
- Cricetinae
- Hair Cells, Auditory
- Microscopy, Electron
- Mutation
- Reaction Time