Gadolinium blocks mechano-electric transducer current in chick cochlear hair cells

Hearing Research

Volumn 101, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 75-80

  Kimitsuki, Takashi ^a   Nakagawa, Takashi ^a   Hisashi, Kazutaka ^a   Komune, Shizuo ^a   Komiyama, Sohtaro ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Gadolinium; Hair cell; Mechano electric transduction channel

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM; GADOLINIUM CHLORIDE; GADOLINIUM OXIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CHICKEN; COCHLEA; COCHLEA POTENTIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HAIR CELL; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; CALCIUM; CELL SEPARATION; CHICKENS; COCHLEA; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; GADOLINIUM; HAIR CELLS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 0030297569     PISSN: 03785955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-5955(96)00134-7     Document Type: Article

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