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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: Mamm Genome. 2015 Feb 3;26(0):154–172. doi: 10.1007/s00335-015-9556-0

Figure 8.

Figure 8

SEM of the apical epithelial surface of the middle turn of the cochlea. Disheveled, disorganized and degenerating stereocilia in the A/J cochlea. The bundle abnormality is more frequent and more severe in the cochlea than the vestibule of A/J mice, especially of outer hair cells whose bundles are often not arranged in a “V” shape and did not have the shorter rows (B, F). Bundle loss is seen as early as less than 1 month of age in the cochlea, and is much more severe than older C57 mice. e.g. Bundle loss is worse in 1.5M A/J than 3M C57 (A, B), or worse in 5M A/J than 7M C57 (G, H). Inner hair bundle loss and disorganization (C, D) are less severe than that of outer bundles.