Connexins and gap junctions in the inner ear

Audiology and Neuro-Otology

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 141-145

  Forge, Andrew ^a   Becker, David ^b   Casalotti, Stefano ^b   Edwards, Jill ^a   Marziano, Nerissa ^a   Nickel, Regina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cochlea; Connexins; Endocochlear potential; Gap junctions; Hereditary hearing loss; Stria vascularis; Supporting cells; Vestibular system

Indexed keywords

GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; MUTANT PROTEIN; PROTEIN SUBUNIT;

CONFERENCE PAPER; DEVELOPMENT; GAP JUNCTION; GENE MUTATION; HEARING; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; INNER EAR; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; WILD TYPE;

COCHLEA; CONNEXINS; EAR, INNER; GAP JUNCTIONS; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; ORGAN OF CORTI; STRIA VASCULARIS; VESTIBULE;

EID: 0036284187     PISSN: 14203030     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000058299     Document Type: Conference Paper

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