The mole rat ( Spalax ehrenbergi ) burrows throughout its life in subterranean tunnels. Several structural and functional features which adapt the mole rat to its habitat have been discerned. The goal of this study was to elucidate the structural basis for adaptation of the auditory end-organ to an environment where low-frequency acoustical signals prevail. For this purpose, cochleae of adult mole rats were studied with light and electron microscopy. Inner hair cells throughout the cochlea, and outer hair cells in the basal (high-frequency) portion of the cochlea, were similar in structure to those seen in other mammals. In contrast, outer hair cells in the apical (low-frequency) portion displayed unique structural features. These features ...
Although the structure of the auditory organ in mature mammals, the organ of Corti, is clearly estab...
Hearing capabilities in desert rodents such as gerbils and heteromyids have been inferred from both ...
Although the structural organization of the mature Corti organ is generally well defined, little is ...
Compared to many other rodent species, naked mole rats (Heterocephalus glaber) have elevated auditor...
The cochlea of the mole rat Cryptomys hottentotus was investigated with physiological and anatomical...
Naked mole-rats are highly vocal, eusocial, subterranean rodents with, counterintuitively, poor hear...
Life underground often leads to animals having specialized auditory systems to accommodate the const...
Naked mole-rats (Heterocephalus glaber) live in large eu-social, underground colonies in narrow burr...
Naked mole-rats (Heterocephalus glaber) live in large eu-social, underground colonies in narrow burr...
Although increasingly popular as a laboratory species, very little is known about the peripheral aud...
Although increasingly popular as a laboratory species, very little is known about the peripheral aud...
<p>Schematic organization of the inner ear of mouse (A) and organ of Corti of mouse (A), gerbil (B),...
The mole rat (Spalax ehrenbergi) is a subterranean rodent whose adaptations to its fossorial life in...
Naked mole-rats (Heterocephalus glaber) live in large eu-social, underground colonies in narrow burr...
The sensory epithelia of the inner ear of the dog have been investigated using scanning electron mic...
Although the structure of the auditory organ in mature mammals, the organ of Corti, is clearly estab...
Hearing capabilities in desert rodents such as gerbils and heteromyids have been inferred from both ...
Although the structural organization of the mature Corti organ is generally well defined, little is ...
Compared to many other rodent species, naked mole rats (Heterocephalus glaber) have elevated auditor...
The cochlea of the mole rat Cryptomys hottentotus was investigated with physiological and anatomical...
Naked mole-rats are highly vocal, eusocial, subterranean rodents with, counterintuitively, poor hear...
Life underground often leads to animals having specialized auditory systems to accommodate the const...
Naked mole-rats (Heterocephalus glaber) live in large eu-social, underground colonies in narrow burr...
Naked mole-rats (Heterocephalus glaber) live in large eu-social, underground colonies in narrow burr...
Although increasingly popular as a laboratory species, very little is known about the peripheral aud...
Although increasingly popular as a laboratory species, very little is known about the peripheral aud...
<p>Schematic organization of the inner ear of mouse (A) and organ of Corti of mouse (A), gerbil (B),...
The mole rat (Spalax ehrenbergi) is a subterranean rodent whose adaptations to its fossorial life in...
Naked mole-rats (Heterocephalus glaber) live in large eu-social, underground colonies in narrow burr...
The sensory epithelia of the inner ear of the dog have been investigated using scanning electron mic...
Although the structure of the auditory organ in mature mammals, the organ of Corti, is clearly estab...
Hearing capabilities in desert rodents such as gerbils and heteromyids have been inferred from both ...
Although the structural organization of the mature Corti organ is generally well defined, little is ...