Comparative Distribution of Glutamate Transporters and Receptors in Relation to Afferent Innervation Density in the Mammalian Cochlea

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 23, Issue 36, 2003, Pages 11296-11304

  Furness, David N ^a   Lawton, D Maxwell ^a  

^a KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cochlea; EAAT1; GLAST; GluR4; Glutamate; Inner hair cells; VGLUT1

Indexed keywords

AMPA RECEPTOR; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID TRANSPORTER; GLUTAMATE ASPARTATE TRANSPORTER; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR 4; GLUTAMATE TRANSPORTER; GLUTAMIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VESICULAR GLUTAMATE TRANSPORTER 1;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COCHLEA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSITY; EMBEDDING; GUINEA PIG; HAIR CELL; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOGOLD LABELING; INNERVATION; MAMMAL; MODEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SENSORY NERVE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0346848762     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.23-36-11296.2003     Document Type: Article

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