Intercellular junctional maturation in the stria vascularis: Possible association with onset and rise of endocochlear potential

Hearing Research

Volumn 119, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 81-95

  Souter, Mark ^a   Forge, Andrew ^a  

^a ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Basal cell; Cochlea; Development; Gerbil; Marginal cell

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE (POTASSIUM SODIUM); MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; APICAL MEMBRANE; ARTICLE; BASOLATERAL MEMBRANE; CELL JUNCTION; CELL MATURATION; COCHLEA POTENTIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FREEZE FRACTURE; GAP JUNCTION; GERBIL; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRIA VASCULARIS;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; BASILAR MEMBRANE; COCHLEAR MICROPHONIC POTENTIALS; GAP JUNCTIONS; GERBILLINAE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERCELLULAR JUNCTIONS; NA(+)-K(+)-EXCHANGING ATPASE; STRIA VASCULARIS;

EID: 0032080507     PISSN: 03785955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-5955(98)00042-2     Document Type: Article

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