Compensation of Vestibular Function and Plasticity of Vestibular Nucleus after Unilateral Cochleostomy

Figure 10

Cell counts of c-Fos-positive cells in SuVe, MVePC, and MVeMC after cochleostomy. Increased c-Fos-positive cells were observed in the bilateral vestibular nucleus, including SuVe, MVePC, and MVeMC, after cochleostomy relative to normal controls; this increased immunoreactivity was sustained until 1 day after cochleostomy and then declined slightly over time. Changes in immunoreactivity in SuVe were more marked compared to MVePC and MVeMC.

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