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A fascicle of myelinated nerve fibers has been found within spiral ligament tissue of the chinchilla cochlea. The presence of nerve fibers in this region of the cochlea has not been previously reported in any species and its occurrence in the chinchilla is thought to be anomalous.
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This research was supported by the National Institutes of Neurological and Communicative Disorders and Stroke, Grants NSO4615 and NS12125
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Santi, P.A., Duvall, A.J. Anomalous myelinated nerve fibers in the spiral ligament of the chinchilla cochlea. Arch Otorhinolaryngol 215, 97–99 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00463198
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00463198