Reduced spontaneous activity in the dorsal cochlear nucleus of Scn8a mutant mice

Brain Research

Volumn 847, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 85-89

  Chen, Kejian ^a   Sprunger, Leslie K ^b   Meisler, Miriam H ^b   Waller, Hardress J ^a   Godfrey, Donald A ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF OHIO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Auditory; Brain slice; Cartwheel cell; Sodium channel; Transgenic mouse

Indexed keywords

SODIUM CHANNEL;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN SLICE; COCHLEAR NUCLEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; IN VITRO STUDY; MOUSE; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; COCHLEAR NUCLEUS; FEMALE; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, MUTANT STRAINS; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEURONS; SODIUM CHANNELS;

EID: 0032720541     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(99)02031-4     Document Type: Article

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