A method for introducing non-silencing siRNA into the guinea pig cochlea in vivo

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 167, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 237-245

  Sellick, P ^a   Layton, M G ^a   Rodger, J ^b   Robertson, D ^a  

^a School of Biomedical Biomolecular and Chemical Sciences   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Compound action potential (CAP); Endocochlear potential (EP); Endolymphatic perfusion; Non virally mediated transfection; RNAi; Stria vascularis

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCEIN; LIPID; SMALL INTERFERING RNA;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COCHLEA; COCHLEA DUCT; COCHLEA POTENTIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTI ORGAN; FLUORESCENCE; GUINEA PIG; HEARING; HEARING ACUITY; NONHUMAN; PERILYMPH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRIA VASCULARIS;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; COCHLEA; COCHLEAR MICROPHONIC POTENTIALS; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY; FEMALE; GUINEA PIGS; LIPIDS; MALE; PERILYMPH; PRESSURE; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 36849055108     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2007.08.026     Document Type: Article

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