Inner Ear Nerve Cells Warn Brain of Damage (IMAGE)

Johns Hopkins Medicine

Inner Ear Nerve Cells Warn Brain of Damage

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A segment of the inner ear of a rat, showing a type II afferent nerve cell (brown). It begins with a cell body (dark spot, off center) in the spiral ganglion of the brain, crosses the tunnel of Corti and then makes a sharp turn to connect with many outer hair cells.

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Fuchs Lab, Johns Hopkins Medicine

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