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Sodium Localization in the Spiral Organ during Relative Quiet and after Exposure to Sound

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USING the electron microscope and the technique of Komnick1, we have studied localization of sodium in the spiral organ during relative quiet (five animals) and after exposure to sound (five animals).

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  1. Laboratory of Evolutionary Morphology, Sechenov Institute of Evolutionary Physiology and Biochemistry, Academy of Sciences of the USSR, Leningrad, K-223

    YA. A. VINNIKOV

  2. Department of Anatomy, Higher Medical School, Sofia

    K. KOICHEV

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VINNIKOV, Y., KOICHEV, K. Sodium Localization in the Spiral Organ during Relative Quiet and after Exposure to Sound. Nature 223, 641–642 (1969). https://doi.org/10.1038/223641a0

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