Postnatal development of type I and type II hair cells in the mouse utricle: Acquisition of voltage-gated conductances and differentiated morphology

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 18, Issue 18, 1998, Pages 7487-7501

  Rüsch, Alfons ^a,c   Lysakowski, Anna ^b   Eatock, Ruth Anne ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Calyx terminal; Delayed rectifier; Inner ear development; Inward rectifier; Type I hair cell; Utricle; Vestibular organ; Voltage gated conductance

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CHANNEL GATING; HAIR CELL; MOUSE; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVE CONDUCTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLOW INWARD CURRENT; UTRICLE;

EID: 0032530278     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.18-18-07487.1998     Document Type: Article

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