Cochlea (IMAGE)

University of Southern California - Health Sciences

Cochlea

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A view of a small part of the mammalian cochlea, which features rows of sensory hair cells (cyan) and synaptic sites (small green and yellow dots), where the sensory hair cells communicate to the nerves.

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Juemei Wang (Oghalai lab)

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