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

Figure 5

Whole mounts and hair cell counts of utricles and saccules in normal (a1 and a2) and cochleostomy (b1 and b2) ears at 20 days, stained with phalloidin (red). No significant differences in hair cell counts were observed between the cochleostomy and normal ears (c). (a1) and (b1): utricle; (a2) and (b2): saccule. Scale bar = 50 μm.