Table 1.

Postmortem time and quality of immunostaining

Postmortem time/Sex/Age	Crista ampullaris	Utricular macula	Saccular macula	Cochlea
6 hrs/F/85 years	++	++	++	++
5 hrs/F/91 years	++	++	++	++
8 hrs/F/ 86 years	+	+	+	+
4 hrs/F/94 years	+++	+++	+++	+++
3 hrs/M/84 years	+++	+++	+++	+++

Excellent quality: +++ (no background, immunoreactive signal intense)

Good quality: ++ (no background, immunoreactive signal less intense)

Regular quality: + (some background, immunoreactive signal much less intense).

F: female, M: male.