Select types of supporting cell in the inner ear express aquaporin-4 water channel protein

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 10, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 3584-3595

  Takumi, Yutaka ^a,b   Nagelhus, Erlend Arnulf ^a   Eidet, Jo ^a   Matsubara, Atsushi ^b   Usami, Shin Ichi ^b   Shinkawa, Hideichi ^b   Nielsen, Søren ^c   Ottersen, Ole Petter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b HIROSAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Aquaporin; Immunogold; Meniere's disease; Organ of Corti; Rat; Vestibular end organs

Indexed keywords

AQUAPORIN; MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COCHLEAR NERVE; HAIR CELL; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOGOLD STAINING; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INNER EAR; NEUROEPITHELIUM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; VESTIBULAR NERVE;

ANIMALS; AQUAPORIN 1; AQUAPORIN 2; AQUAPORIN 3; AQUAPORIN 4; AQUAPORIN 5; AQUAPORIN 6; AQUAPORINS; COCHLEA; EPITHELIAL CELLS; GENE EXPRESSION; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MENIERE'S DISEASE; MICROSCOPY, IMMUNOELECTRON; NEUROGLIA; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RNA, MESSENGER; TIGHT JUNCTIONS; VESTIBULAR NERVE; WATER-ELECTROLYTE BALANCE;

EID: 0032466044     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9568.1998.00360.x     Document Type: Article

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