Differential expression of the α9 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor subunit in neonatal and adult cochlear hair cells

Molecular Brain Research

Volumn 56, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 287-292

  Simmons, Dwayne D ^a   Morley, Barbara J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b BOYS TOWN NATIONAL RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Efferent; Hybridization, in situ; Olivocochlear; Organ of Corti; Synaptogenesis

Indexed keywords

NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; RECEPTOR SUBUNIT;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; COCHLEA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTI ORGAN; EFFERENT NERVE; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION; HAIR CELL; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; ISOTOPE LABELING; NERVE FIBER; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECEPTOR GENE; SYNAPTOGENESIS;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; COCHLEA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HAIR CELLS, INNER; HAIR CELLS, OUTER; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RATS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0032078985     PISSN: 0169328X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-328X(98)00056-4     Document Type: Article

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