The mechanism of pneumolysin-induced cochlear hair cell death in the rat

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 568, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 211-227

  Beurg, Maryline ^a   Hafidi, Aziz ^a   Skinner, Liam ^a   Cowan, Graeme ^b   Hondarrague, Yannick ^a   Mitchell, Tim J ^b   Dulon, Didier ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BONGKREKIC ACID; BUFFER; CALCIUM ION; ETHYLENE GLYCOL 1,2 BIS(2 AMINOPHENYL) ETHER N,N,N',N' TETRAACETIC ACID; PNEUMOLYSIN; CALCIUM; CARBOBENZOXYVALYLALANYLASPARTYL[O METHYL]FLUOROMETHYLKETONE; CASPASE; CASPASE INHIBITOR; COBALT; PHALLOIDIN; THAPSIGARGIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CELL DAMAGE; CELL DEATH; CELL LOSS; CELL SURVIVAL; COCHLEA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; EXTRACELLULAR CALCIUM; HAIR CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; MEMBRANE BINDING; MITOCHONDRIAL RESPIRATION; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STEREOCILIUM; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL STRUCTURE; CORTI ORGAN; DISEASE SEVERITY; EC50; EMBRYO; ENZYME INHIBITION; HIPPOCAMPUS; INNER HAIR CELL; MITOCHONDRION; OTOTOXICITY; PROTEIN BINDING;

EID: 26844580088     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: 14697793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2005.092478     Document Type: Article

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