Neural Connections to Sensory Cells of the Inner Ear Change with Age (IMAGE)

Johns Hopkins Medicine

Neural Connections to Sensory Cells of the Inner Ear Change with Age

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Mature hair cells, left, lose connections to outgoing neurons (blue) and gain connections to incoming neurons (red) as they age, right.

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Paul Fuchs, Johns Hopkins Medicine

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