Potassium currents in auditory hair cells of the frog basilar papilla

Hearing Research

Volumn 132, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 117-130

  Smotherman, Michael S ^a   Narins, Peter M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Basilar papilla; Frog; Hair cell; Hearing

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION; POTASSIUM ION;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; AUDITORY DISCRIMINATION; BASILAR MEMBRANE; CALCIUM CURRENT; CELL MEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE; CELL MEMBRANE STEADY POTENTIAL; CELL SUBPOPULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FROG; HAIR CELL; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; POTASSIUM CURRENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSPORT KINETICS;

ANIMALS; CALCIUM; EAR, INNER; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HAIR CELLS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; POTASSIUM; RANA PIPIENS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0033013951     PISSN: 03785955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-5955(99)00047-7     Document Type: Article

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