Mechano-electrical transduction in mice lacking the α-subunit of the epithelial sodium channel

Hearing Research

Volumn 131, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 170-176

  Rüsch, Alfons ^a   Hummler, Edith ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b University of Lausanne Departement de Pharmacologie et de Toxicologie   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cochlea; Epithelial sodium channel; Gene inactivation; Hair cell; Mechano electrical transduction

Indexed keywords

AMILORIDE; SODIUM CHANNEL; SODIUM ION;

ALPHA CHAIN; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHANNEL GATING; COCHLEA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTI ORGAN; ELECTROSTIMULATION; HAIR CELL; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; NEUROEPITHELIUM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VESTIBULAR FUNCTION; VOLTAGE CLAMP;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; EPITHELIAL SODIUM CHANNEL; HAIR CELLS, OUTER; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; ORGAN OF CORTI; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; REFERENCE VALUES; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SODIUM CHANNELS; VESTIBULE;

EID: 0032899649     PISSN: 03785955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-5955(99)00030-1     Document Type: Article

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