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ArticleJournal of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology : JARO2015

Cytoarchitecture of the mouse organ of corti from base to apex, determined using in situ two-photon imaging.

Joris A M Soons, Anthony J Ricci, Charles R Steele, Sunil Puria

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Article in Journal of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology : JARO, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT07505446 (Characterization of the Synergistic Antibacterial Effect of Verapamil on Bacterial Isolates From Patients in South Egypt Cancer Institute), which is not on this map. Cited by 40 papers.

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40citing papers in PubMed
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2 · The registry

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NCT07505446 not yet recruitingnot on this mapstarted 2026, after this paper: background citation

Characterization of the Synergistic Antibacterial Effect of Verapamil on Bacterial Isolates From Patients in South Egypt Cancer Institute

TypeobservationalSponsorAssiut UniversityRan2026 to 2027Enrolled100ConditionsMulti Drug Resistant Organisms, Antibiotic ResistanceArmsverapamil
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

40 citing papers in PubMed, 60 citations in OpenAlex.

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  6. Corti Fluid Is a Medium for Outer Hair Cell Force Transmission.The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2025
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  8. Otoacoustic emissions reveal the micromechanical role of organ-of-Corti cytoarchitecture in cochlear amplification.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2023
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  10. The Long Outer-Hair-Cell RC Time Constant: A Feature, Not a Bug, of the Mammalian Cochlea.Journal of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology : JARO · 2023
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  14. Deiters Cells Act as Mechanical Equalizers for Outer Hair Cells.The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2022
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  16. Selective Inner Hair Cell Loss in a Neonate Harbor Seal (Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2022
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  19. Cochlear Development; New Tools and Approaches.Frontiers in cell and developmental biology · 2022
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Joris A M SoonsDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, Stanford University, 496 Lomita Mall, Durand Building, Stanford, CA, 94305, USA, joris.soons@uantwerpen.be.
Anthony J Ricci
Charles R Steele
Sunil Puria
Stanford University · US

Funding

Tonotopic variations in mechano-electric transductionR01DC003896 · NIDCD · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · PI RICCI, ANTHONY J · 1999 to 2022
$11.1M
Three-dimensional and Multiscale Organ of Corti BiomechanicsR01DC007910 · NIDCD · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · PI Sunil Puria · 2007 to 2026
$9.4M
2-photon imaging systemS10RR027267 · NCRR · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · PI RICCI, ANTHONY J · 2010 to 2010
$388k
NCRR NIH HHS S10 RR027267NCRR NIH HHS S10RR027267-01NIDCD NIH HHS R01 DC003896NIDCD NIH HHS R01 DC007910
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The cells in the organ of Corti are highly organized, with a precise 3D microstructure hypothesized to be important for cochlear function. Here we provide quantitative data on the mouse organ of Corti cytoarchitecture, as determined using a new technique that combines the imaging capabilities of two-photon microscopy with the autofluorescent cell membranes of the genetically modified mTmG mouse. This combination allowed us to perform in situ imaging on freshly excised tissue, thus minimizing any physical distortions to the tissue that extraction from the cochlea and chemical fixation and staining might have caused. 3D image stacks of the organ of Corti were obtained from base to apex in the cochlear duct, from which 3D lengths and relative angles for inner and outer hair cells, Deiters' cells, phalangeal processes, and inner and outer pillars were measured. In addition, intercellular distances, diameters, and stereocilia shapes were obtained. An important feature of this study is the quantitative reporting of the longitudinal tilts of the outer hair cells towards the base of the cochlea, the tilt of phalangeal processes towards the apex, and Deiters' cells that collectively form a Y-shaped building block that is thought to give rise to the lattice-like organization of the organ of Corti. The variations of this Y-shaped element along the cochlear duct and between the rows of outer hair cells are shown with the third row morphologically different from the other rows, and their potential importance for the cochlear amplifier is discussed.

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PMID25348579
PMCPMC4310856
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