Table 1.

A: Expression of GC-R in cochlear cells
Species	OHC	IHC	DC	IP	OP	HC	SV	SL	SLi	ISC	OSC	SGN	SP	References
Guinea pig	+	+	+	+	+	+	-	+	+	+	+	+	+	This work Terunuma et al., 2003
Mouse	-	-	+				+	+	+			+		Erichsen et al., 1996, 2001 Shimazaki et al., 2002
Rat	+	+					+	+	+			+		ten Cate et al., 1993 Zuo et al., 1995
Human							+	+						Rarey et al., 1996
B: Expression of MC-R in cochlear cells
Species	OHC	IHC	DC	IP	OP	HC	SV	SL	SLi	ISC	OSC	SGN	SP	References
Guinea pig	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	This work Sinha et al., 1995
Mouse	+	+					+	+	+			+		Erichsen et al., 2001
Rat	+	+					+	+	+			+		Furuta et al., 1994 Yao et al., 1996
Human

OHC=outer hair cells, IHC=inner hair cells, DC=Deiters cells, IP=inner pillar cells, OP=outer pillar cells, HC=Hensen cells, SV=stria vascularis, SL=spiral ligament, SLi= spiral limbus, ISC=inner sulcus cells, OSC=outer sulcus cells, SGN=spiral ganglion neurons, SP=spiral prominence.

Grey shading denotes positive staining but specific cell types were not indentified in the references.

Black shading denotes no data.