"Acoustic Maculae" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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The sensory areas on the vertical wall of the saccule and in the floor of the utricle. The hair cells in the maculae are innervated by fibers of the VESTIBULAR NERVE.
| Descriptor ID |
D008267
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A09.246.631.909.625.125
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| Concept/Terms |
Acoustic Maculae- Acoustic Maculae
- Macula, Acoustic
- Acoustic Macula
- Acoustic Maculas
- Maculas, Acoustic
- Maculae, Acoustic
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| 2006 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Acoustic Maculae" by people in Profiles.
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Regeneration of vestibular otolith afferents after ototoxic damage. J Neurosci. 2006 Mar 15; 26(11):2881-93.