title: A short story of Victor Hensen and a cell of the internal ear.
abstract: Cells of Hensen of the internal ear are known from more than 100 years and investigations on their function(s) are still waiting for an answer. They were first described by the German scientist from Kiel, Christian Andreas Victor Hensen. This short historical review gives some details about the life, scientific activity and perspectives opened by the work of Victor Hensen.
authors.affiliation: Department of Morphologic Microscopy, Victor Babes University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Timisoara, Romania. raica@umft.ro
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Raica
mesh_terms: D007758:Ear, Inner / Q000166:cytology* / Q000473:pathology; D005858:Germany; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans