Cholinergic receptors: Dual roles in transduction and plasticity

Hearing Research

Volumn 147, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 104-112

  Morley, Barbara J ^a   Happe, H Kevin ^a  

^a BOYS TOWN NATIONAL RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Auditory brainstem; Calcium; Development; Nicotinic acetylcholine receptor; Plasticity; Synchronization

Indexed keywords

ALPHA BUNGAROTOXIN I 125; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR;

AUDITORY NERVOUS SYSTEM; BRAIN STEM; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; COCHLEAR NUCLEUS; INFERIOR COLLICULUS; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 0033842427     PISSN: 03785955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-5955(00)00124-6     Document Type: Article

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