Lack of neurotrophin 3 causes losses of both classes of spiral ganglion neurons in the cochlea in a region-specific fashion

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 17, Issue 16, 1997, Pages 6213-6225

  Fritzsch, Bernd ^a   Fariñas, Isabel ^b   Reichardt, Louis F ^b  

^a CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cochlea; Ear development; Inner ear; Innervation; NT 3 mutants; Spiral ganglion

Indexed keywords

NEUROTROPHIN 3;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL LOSS; COCHLEAR NERVE; HAIR CELL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; ORGANOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SPIRAL GANGLION;

EID: 0343471382     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.17-16-06213.1997     Document Type: Article

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