title: [The 3-dimensional organization of the sensory epithelium of the cochlea in birds].
abstract: Using authors' original approach to studying histoarchitecture of cellular layers three-dimensional structure of bird helix sensory epithelium was studied theoretically and experimentally. The composition of its elementary morphofunctional unit, AB3 (one sensory cell per three supporting cells) was established. Three dimensional model of this unit was worked out that described shape and arrangement of cells at apical, basal and intermediate levels of the layer. The presence of its translation symmetry was demonstrated. Comparison of theoretical model and results of morphological research of sensory epithelium allowed to conclude that the model corresponds with the real tissue. The model assists in three-dimensional reconstruction of sensory epithelium. And allows to deal with minimum number of sections and also gives an opportunity to forecast its developmental changes.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Sense Organ Evolution, Sechenov Institute of Evolutional Physiology and Biochemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg.
authors.forename: G A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Savost'ianov
authors.forename: N M
authors.initials: NM
authors.lastname: Grefner
authors.forename: T B
authors.initials: TB
authors.lastname: Golubeva
authors.forename: E G
authors.initials: EG
authors.lastname: Savost'ianova
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001717:Birds / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D003051:Cochlea / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D010856:Columbidae; D004848:Epithelium / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D006652:Histological Techniques; D008855:Microscopy, Electron, Scanning; D008953:Models, Anatomic; D020308:Songbirds
vernacular_title: Trekhmernaia organizatsiia sensornogo épiteliia ulitki ptits.