Outer hair cells lacking efferent innervation

Older age is associated with outer hair cells lacking efferent innervation in gerbils.

“For outer hair cells, a pronounced increase of orphaned outer hair cells, i.e., lacking efferent innervation, was observed.”

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Age-related changes in olivocochlear efferent innervation in gerbils

Frontiers in synaptic neuroscience·3 Jun 2024