This manuscript describes an experimental protocol for evaluating the morphological characteristics and functional status of ribbon synapses in normal mice. The present model is also suitable for noise-induced and age-related cochlear synaptopathy-restricted models. The correlative results of previous mouse studies are also discussed.
Yu, S., Du, Z., Song, Q., Qu, T., Qi, Y., Xiong, W., He, L., Wei, W., Gong, S., Liu, K. Morphological and Functional Evaluation of Ribbon Synapses at Specific Frequency Regions of the Mouse Cochlea. J. Vis. Exp. (147), e59189, doi:10.3791/59189 (2019).