NATURE OF THE FINE FIBRILS OF THE BASILAR-MEMBRANE IN THE COCHLEA

Authors
MIKUNI H USHIKI T ABE K FUKUDA S INUYAMA Y
Citation
H. Mikuni et al., NATURE OF THE FINE FIBRILS OF THE BASILAR-MEMBRANE IN THE COCHLEA, Archives of histology and cytology, 57(2), 1994, pp. 187-191
Citations number
19
Categorie Soggetti
Cytology & Histology
Journal title
Archives of histology and cytology → ACNP
ISSN journal
09149465
Volume
57
Issue
2
Year of publication
1994
Pages
187 - 191
Database
ISI
SICI code
0914-9465(1994)57:2<187:NOTFFO>2.0.ZU;2-H
Abstract
Fine fibrils in the basilar membranes of mouse and guinea-pig cochleae were examined by transmission electron microscopy. The fibrils were 1 0 nm in diameter and ran straight without branching. The fibrils appea red as two parallel lines in longitudinal sections, and round or polyg onal in cross-sections, displaying tubular structures with a lumen. Th ey were similar in ultrastructural details to the elastin-associated a nd elastin-independent microfibrils of Low (1962) in the subcutaneous tissue. It is concluded that the fibrils in the basilar membrane are t he microfibrils.