Figure 3.

Patterns of Deiters’ cell loss following cyclodextrin treatment. (A) Image depicting a cochlear region where most Deiters’ cells are present. Note that the loss in this region is more frequent in the third row (highlighted with dotted circles). (B) Comparison of the percentage of cell loss for the three rows of Deiters’ cells. **** indicates significance with p < 0.0001. (C) Image illustrating a cochlear region adjacent to the area of complete Deiters’ cell loss (marked by the arrow). Notice that the loss is more prevalent in the first and second rows (highlighted with dotted circles). (D) Comparison of the percentage of cell loss for the three rows of Deiters’ cells. ** indicates significance with p < 0.01. Each dot represents the result from one confocal image, and the data were obtained from the analysis of 10 cochleae.