Freeze-Fracture Study of the Cell Junctions in the Utricle and Saccule
- 1 January 1977
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Acta Oto-Laryngologica
- Vol. 83 (1-6) , 79-84
- https://doi.org/10.3109/00016487709128816
Abstract
The maculae sacculi and utriculi of the chinchilla vestibular labyrinth have been studied by freeze-fracture method. In the replicas extensive zonulae oc-cludentes have been found between sensory and supporting cells at the endolymphatic surface. Gap junctions are located between the supporting cells. Some intramem-branous specializations of the synoptic regions are described in both types of the sensory cells.Keywords
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