Piezo 2 immunoreactivity in the zebrafish (D. rerio) inner ear and ganglion of the eighth cranial nerve. (a) The ciliate sensory cells (arrows) in the crista ampullaris and nerve (gallon arrows) that reach the crista ampullaris Piezo 2 immunoreactive; (b) the ciliate sensory cells (arrows) in the macula of the lagena and nerve (gallon arrows) that reach this macula Piezo 2 immunopositive; (c) ganglion of the eighth cranial nerve Piezo 2 immunostained; (d) sensory ciliate cells (arrowheads) of the crista ampullaris, cilia (asterisk), and nerve (arrows) reaching the crista ampullaris immunoreactive to s100p; (e) sensory ciliate cells (arrowheads) of the crystal ampullaris, cilia (asterisk), and nerve (arrows) reaching the crista ampullaris Piezo 2 immunopositive; (f) ciliate sensory cells (arrowheads) of crista ampullaris, cilia (asterisk), and nerve reaching the crystal ampullaris (arrows) Piezo 2 and s100p double-labeled; (g) neuron (arrows) of ganglion of the eighth cranial nerve s100p (h) and Piezo 2 immunostained; (i) s100p/Piezo 2 double-labeled in some neurons of the eighth cranial nerve ganglion. Magnification 40×.
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