The unmyelinated nerve fibres of the cochlea.
A quantitative analysis was made of the unmyelinated nerve supply to the cochlea in normal cats and after various nerve lesions with different survival times. The normal fibre distribution in the intraganglionic spiral bundle (IGSB) and the osseous spiral lamina (OSL) varies characteristically along the cochlear turns. The unmyelinated nerve fibres are mainly associated with the IGSB and originate partly in the superior cervical ganglion and partly in the brain stem. They seem to have an excellent capacity to regenerate.
D000818:Animals; D002415:Cats; D003051:Cochlea / Q000294:innervation*; D003056:Cochlear Nerve / Q000166:cytology; D006892:Hydroxydopamines / Q000494:pharmacology; D009410:Nerve Degeneration; D009412:Nerve Fibers / Q000166:cytology; D009413:Nerve Fibers, Myelinated / Q000166:cytology; D009416:Nerve Regeneration; D009925:Organ of Corti / Q000648:ultrastructure; D013564:Sympathetic Nervous System / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000187:drug effects; D014725:Vestibular Nerve / Q000166:cytology
D006892:Hydroxydopamines