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Human Cochlea Stria Vascularis

A cross-section through the adult cochlea.

The cochlear duct (or scala media) is filled with endolymph containing a high [K+] that is maintained by the stria vascularis. Potassium recycling is postulated to either occur via the supporting cells of the organ of Corti and the epithelial lining of the outer sulcus (Claudius cells and root cells), or through the perilymph of the scala tympani.

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Reference

Locher H, de Groot JC, van Iperen L, Huisman MA, Frijns JH & Chuva de Sousa Lopes SM. (2015). Development of the stria vascularis and potassium regulation in the human fetal cochlea: Insights into hereditary sensorineural hearing loss. Dev Neurobiol , 75, 1219-40. PMID: 25663387 DOI.

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© 2015 The Authors Developmental Neurobiology Published by Wiley Periodicals, Inc. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited and is not used for commercial purposes.

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