I have been asked about histology of the cochlear of the ear by a student
who wants to study the hair cells. my advice to him has been that he will
most probably have to do it at the ultrastructural level using TEM. i do't
think that light microscopy will help much. Has anyone any experience with
this sort of thing?. I have no none. I think the specimen would need
probably need decalcification. What would decal. do to the ultrastructure of
the hair cells???


Christine Lee,
Senior Scientific officer,
Veterinary Pathology and Anatomy,
University of Queensland.
C.lee@mailbox.uq.edu.au