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Visualization of spiral ganglion neurites within the scala tympani with a cochlear implant in situ

Jennifer A Chikar1, Shelley A Batts, Bryan E Pfingst

  • 1Kresge Hearing Research Institute, Department of Otolaryngology, University of Michigan, 1150 W. Medical Center Drive, Room 4605 Med Sci II, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-5616, USA.

Journal of Neuroscience Methods
|May 12, 2009
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