Susceptibility of Diabetic Mice to Noise Trauma

Figure 5

Inner hair cells and their afferent synapses in the middle turn after noise exposure. Tissues were stained for C-terminal binding protein 2 (red) to identify the presynaptic ribbons and then imaged using confocal microscopy. Loss of synapses was more severe in db/db mice (b) compared with wild-type mice (a, c). .

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