TY - JOUR
T1 - Fine structure of the lamina basilaris of Guinea pig cochlea
AU - Katori, Yukio
AU - Hozawa, Koji
AU - Kikuchi, Toshihiko
AU - Tonosaki, Akira
AU - Takasaka, Tomonori
PY - 1993
Y1 - 1993
N2 - The lamina basilaris of guinea pig cochlea was studied with SEM after trypsin treatment, and with TEM of resin sections and deep-etching replicas. The lamina consists of radial, evenly compacted filaments in the zona arcuata, and radial, discretely bundled filaments in the zona pectinata. In both zones, elementary filaments measured about 12 nm in thickness on the replica. The filaments formed more or less irregular passing bridges with each other and, eventually, a three-dimensional network which was continuous with the basement membrane under the supporting cells.
AB - The lamina basilaris of guinea pig cochlea was studied with SEM after trypsin treatment, and with TEM of resin sections and deep-etching replicas. The lamina consists of radial, evenly compacted filaments in the zona arcuata, and radial, discretely bundled filaments in the zona pectinata. In both zones, elementary filaments measured about 12 nm in thickness on the replica. The filaments formed more or less irregular passing bridges with each other and, eventually, a three-dimensional network which was continuous with the basement membrane under the supporting cells.
KW - Cell digestion method
KW - Deep-etching method
KW - Organ of Corti
KW - Scanning electron microscopy
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U2 - 10.3109/00016489309135890
DO - 10.3109/00016489309135890
M3 - Article
C2 - 8291428
AN - SCOPUS:0027438616
SN - 0001-6489
VL - 113
SP - 715
EP - 719
JO - Acta Oto-Laryngologica
JF - Acta Oto-Laryngologica
IS - 3
ER -