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ArticleThe Journal of comparative neurology2021

Light sheet microscopy of the gerbil cochlea.

Kendall A Hutson, Stephen H Pulver, Pablo Ariel, Caroline Naso, Douglas C Fitzpatrick

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Article in The Journal of comparative neurology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers.

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14citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

14 citing papers in PubMed, 27 citations in OpenAlex.

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  9. Neural Contributions to the Cochlear Summating Potential: Spiking and Dendritic Components.Journal of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology : JARO · 2022
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  11. Multiscale photonic imaging of the native and implanted cochlea.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2021
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Kendall A HutsonDepartment of Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-6151-9469
Stephen H PulverDepartment of Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA.
Pablo ArielDepartment of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA.
Caroline NasoDepartment of Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA.
Douglas C FitzpatrickDepartment of Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA.
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill · US

Funding

Virology Research Program (Program 4)P30CA016086 · NCI · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI David Darr · 1985 to 2026
$201.5M
UNC Neuroscience Center Research Cores: MicroscopyP30NS045892 · NINDS · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI ZYLKA, MARK J. · 2003 to 2022
$11.5M
Preclinical CoreU54HD079124 · NICHD · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI BELGER, AYSENIL · 2013 to 2019
$8.0M
NCI NIH HHS P30 CA016086NICHD NIH HHS U54 HD079124NINDS NIH HHS P30 NS045892
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Light sheet fluorescence microscopy (LSFM) provides a rapid and complete three-dimensional image of the cochlea. The method retains anatomical relationships-on a micrometer scale-between internal structures such as hair cells, basilar membrane (BM), and modiolus with external surface structures such as the round and oval windows. Immunolabeled hair cells were used to visualize the spiraling BM in the intact cochlea without time intensive dissections or additional histological processing; yet material prepared for LSFM could be rehydrated, the BM dissected out and reimaged at higher resolution with the confocal microscope. In immersion-fixed material, details of the cochlear vasculature were seen throughout the cochlea. Hair cell counts (both inner and outer) as well as frequency maps of the BM were comparable to those obtained by other methods, but with the added dimension of depth. The material provided measures of angular, linear, and vector distance between characteristic frequency regions along the BM. Thus, LSFM provides a unique ability to rapidly image the entire cochlea in a manner applicable to model and interpret physiological results. Furthermore, the three-dimensional organization of the cochlea can be studied at the organ and cellular level with LSFM, and this same material can be taken to the confocal microscope for detailed analysis at the subcellular level.

Indexed as

AnimalsCochleaGerbillinaeImaging, Three-DimensionalMicroscopy, ConfocalMicroscopy, Fluorescenceauditory nerveconfocal microscopyelectrocochleographyinner hair cellsouter hair cellsRRID: AB_10015251RRID: AB_2534017RRID:SCR_002465RRID:SCR_003070RRID:SCR_007370

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PMID32632959
PMCPMC7775904
OpenAlexW3042013488

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