Bohne B A, Carr C D
J Acoust Soc Am. 1985 Jan;77(1):153-8. doi: 10.1121/1.392279.
Ten chinchilla cochleas which ranged in length from 16.00 to 19.71 m were used for this study. The cross-sectional area and perimeter of the inner and outer hair cells and their nuclei were determined at two locations per cochlear turn and at the junction between each of the turns (11 locations from apex to base). Some interanimal variation in hair cell dimensions was noted. However, none of these size variations could be attributed to any known differences among the animals. It was concluded that the data reported here represent the natural variation in hair cell size in chinchillas. The data establish a baseline to which the dimensions of cells from abnormal cochleas can be compared, regardless of the length of the cochlea or the base-to-apex location of the cells.
本研究使用了10只长度在16.00至19.71毫米之间的龙猫耳蜗。在每个耳蜗螺旋的两个位置以及各螺旋之间的交界处（从蜗顶到蜗底共11个位置），测定了内、外毛细胞及其细胞核的横截面积和周长。注意到动物之间毛细胞尺寸存在一些差异。然而，这些尺寸差异均不能归因于动物之间任何已知的差异。得出的结论是，此处报告的数据代表了龙猫毛细胞大小的自然变异。这些数据建立了一个基线，无论耳蜗长度或细胞在蜗底到蜗顶的位置如何，异常耳蜗细胞的尺寸都可以与之进行比较。
