Plastic changes in glycine and GABA release and uptake in adult brain stem auditory nuclei after unilateral middle ear ossicle removal and cochlear ablation

Experimental Neurology

Volumn 151, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 273-288

  Suneja, S K ^a   Potashner, S J ^a   Benson, C G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Central auditory pathway; GABA; Glycine; Hearing loss; Plasticity; Release; Uptake

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GLYCINE;

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RELEASE; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID UPTAKE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUDITORY NERVOUS SYSTEM; AUDITORY OSSICLE; COCHLEA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GUINEA PIG; HEARING LOSS; INFERIOR COLLICULUS; LOUDNESS RECRUITMENT; MALE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPERIOR OLIVARY NUCLEUS; TINNITUS;

EID: 0032103881     PISSN: 00144886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/exnr.1998.6812     Document Type: Article

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