Morphology of the Utricular Otolith Organ in the Toadfish, Opsanus tau
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Utricular otolith of inner ear is a weight‐lending structure that serves to enable transduction of inertial acceleration of self‐motion and head orientation with respect to gravity to control balance and equilibrium. Microscopy techniques were applied to visualize the sensory epithelium, its neural innervation and its synaptic organization in toadfish.
Source: The Journal of Comparative Neurology - Category: Neurology Authors: Richard Boyle, Reza Ehsanian, Alireza Mofrad, Yekaterina Popova, Joseph Varelas Tags: Research Article Source Type: research