Glutamine synthetase and glutamate metabolism in the guinea pig cochlea

Hearing Research

Volumn 101, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 93-101

  Eybalin, M ^a   Norenberg, M D ^b   Renard, N ^a  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Excitotoxicity; Glutamate glutamine cycle; Immunocytochemistry; Ischemia; Neurotransmission; Noise trauma; Organ of Corti

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMATE AMMONIA LIGASE; GLUTAMIC ACID;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COCHLEA; COCHLEAR NERVE; CORTI ORGAN; GUINEA PIG; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; COCHLEA; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; FROZEN SECTIONS; GLUTAMATE-AMMONIA LIGASE; GLUTAMIC ACID; GUINEA PIGS; HAIR CELLS, INNER; HAIR CELLS, OUTER; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; NEUROGLIA; ORGAN OF CORTI; PARVALBUMINS; SCHWANN CELLS; SPIRAL GANGLION; TISSUE FIXATION; TISSUE PRESERVATION; VESTIBULOCOCHLEAR NERVE;

EID: 0030298241     PISSN: 03785955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-5955(96)00136-0     Document Type: Article

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