Regional distribution of ionic currents and membrane voltage responses of type II hair cells in the vestibular neuroepithelium

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 82, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 2451-2461

  Weng, Tianxiang ^a   Correia, Manning J ^a,b  

^a University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVATION; DEPOLARIZATION; HAIR CELL; ION CURRENT; MEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE; MEMBRANE CURRENT; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NEUROEPITHELIUM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMICIRCULAR CANAL; UTRICLE; VESTIBULE;

EID: 0032746118     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1999.82.5.2451     Document Type: Article

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