Journal of Voice
Volume 25, Issue 1 , Pages e1-e6 , January 2011

Qualitative Characterization of Elastic Fiber Distribution in the Mouse Vocal Fold: Further Development of an Animal Model

This work was presented at the Voice Foundation's 38th Annual Symposium: Care of the Professional Voice; June 4, 2009; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

  • Christopher R. Watts

      Affiliations

    • Department of Communication Sciences & Disorders, Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, Texas
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence and reprint requests to Christopher R. Watts, Department of Communication Sciences & Disorders, Texas Christian University, TCU Box 297450, Fort Worth, TX 76129.
    • ,
  • Jeffrey A. Marler

      Affiliations

    • Department of Otolaryngology—Head & Neck Surgery, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio
    • ,
  • Bernard Rousseau

      Affiliations

    • Department of Otolaryngology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee

,Accepted 29 July 2009.

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 Supported by the Jeffress Memorial Trust, grant #J-896.

 This study was performed in accordance with the Public Health Service Policy on Human Care and Use of Laboratory Animals, the National Institutes of Health Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals, and the Animal Welfare Act (7 U.S.C. et seq.); the animal protocol was approved by the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee of James Madison University (former employer of P.I.).

PII: S0892-1997(09)00118-0

doi: 10.1016/j.jvoice.2009.07.010

Journal of Voice
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