Connexin26 is responsible for anionic molecule permeability in the cochlea for intercellular signalling and metabolic communications

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1859-1868

  Zhao, Hong Bo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Deafness; Gap junction; Hemichannel; Inner ear; Metabolism; Selectivity

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; CATION; CONNEXIN 26; CYCLIC AMP; CYCLIC GMP; FLUORESCENT DYE; INOSITOL TRISPHOSPHATE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BRAIN METABOLISM; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; COCHLEA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY; GAP JUNCTION; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HEARING LOSS; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; INNER EAR; NERVE CELL DEGENERATION; NEUROEPITHELIUM; NONHUMAN; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; AFFINITY LABELS; ANIMALS; ANIONS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; CALCIUM; CATIONS; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL COUNT; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CELLS, CULTURED; COCHLEA; CONNEXINS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENZYME INHIBITORS; FLUORESCENT DYES; GAP JUNCTIONS; GLYCYRRHETINIC ACID; GUINEA PIGS; INTRACELLULAR MEMBRANES; PLATELET AGGREGATION INHIBITORS; PROADIFEN; PYRIDOXAL PHOSPHATE; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 18844362687     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2005.04031.x     Document Type: Article

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