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. 2018 Mar 14;11:77. doi: 10.3389/fnmol.2018.00077

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Primary auditory neurons (PANs) innervate sensory hair cells in the cochlea. (A) Cross-section through a neonatal mouse cochlea showing spiral ganglion glial cells labeled with Sox2 (green nuclei) surrounding PANs labeled with TuJ1 (red) in the spiral ganglion (SG). PANs innervate mechanosensory hair cells labeled with the specific hair cell marker Myosin7a (white) in the organ of Corti (OC). (B) Higher magnification image of the spiral ganglion showing the PANs (red) and surrounding glial cells (green).