Connexin29 is highly expressed in cochlear Schwann cells, and it is required for the normal development and function of the auditory nerve of mice

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1991-1999

  Tang, Wenxue ^a   Zhang, Yanping ^a   Chang, Qing ^a   Ahmad, Shoab ^a   Dahlke, Ian ^a   Yi, Hong ^a   Chen, Ping ^a   Paul, David L ^b   Lin, Xi ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cochlea; Cochlear Schwann cells; Connexin29; Gap junction; Myelin; Spiral ganglion neuron

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CONNEXIN 29; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; MYELIN; MYELIN ASSOCIATED GLYCOPROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY LABELING; ARTICLE; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CELL MATURATION; COCHLEA; COCHLEAR NERVE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMYELINATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISTORTION PRODUCT OTOACOUSTIC EMISSION; EMBRYO; EVOKED BRAIN STEM AUDITORY RESPONSE; FREQUENCY MODULATION; HAIR CELL; HEARING ACUITY; LATENT PERIOD; MOUSE; MYELINATION; NERVE FIBER; NERVE FUNCTION; NERVE GROWTH; NOISE; NONHUMAN; PENETRANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SCHWANN CELL; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SOMATIC CELL; SPIRAL GANGLION; VESTIBULOCOCHLEAR NERVE DISEASE; WAVEFORM;

ANIMALS; COCHLEA; COCHLEAR NERVE; CONNEXINS; GAP JUNCTIONS; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MYELIN SHEATH; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; SCHWANN CELLS;

EID: 33644534213     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.5055-05.2006     Document Type: Article

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