Expression of γ-Aminobutyric AcidA Receptor Subunits in the Vestibular System

Laryngoscope

Volumn 109, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 329-333

  Rezaee, Ali ^a   Robinson, Alan M ^a   Pitovski, Dimitri Z ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; MESSENGER RNA; NEUROTRANSMITTER; RECEPTOR SUBUNIT;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VESTIBULAR SYSTEM;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; GENE EXPRESSION; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEURONS, AFFERENT; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; RECEPTORS, GABA-B; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; UP-REGULATION; VESTIBULE;

EID: 0033054180     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: 15314995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005537-199902000-00028     Document Type: Article

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