FIG. 3.

High-magnification sTSLIM optical section of a mouse cochlea that was decellularized in SDS for 72 h. Spiral ganglion neurons and nerves appear as hollow spheres and tubes, respectively. Basilar membrane structures can also be seen (arrowhead), as well as the capillaries of stria vascularis (c), the spaces left by the root processes of the outer sulcus cells (asterisk) and the thin BL of Reissner’s membrane (r). Insert shows cell debris within the spiral ganglion cell bodies after SDOC treatment (same magnification as the rest of the figure). Bar = 50 μm.