The origin of spontaneous activity in the developing auditory system

Nature

Volumn 450, Issue 7166, 2007, Pages 50-55

  Tritsch, Nicolas X ^a   Yi, Eunyoung ^a   Gale, Jonathan E ^b   Glowatzki, Elisabeth ^a   Bergles, Dwight E ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; GLUTAMIC ACID;

BRAIN; HEARING; MORPHOGENESIS; NEUROLOGY; SENSORY SYSTEM;

ACOUSTIC NERVE FIBER; ACTION POTENTIAL; ARTICLE; AUDITORY SYSTEM; BRAIN MAPPING; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; COCHLEA; COCHLEAR NERVE; CORTI ORGAN; HAIR CELL; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

RATTUS;

EID: 35948971774     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature06233     Document Type: Article

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