Math5 expression and function in the central auditory system

Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 153-169

  Saul, Sara M ^a   Brzezinski IV, Joseph A ^a   Altschuler, Richard A ^b   Shore, Susan E ^b   Rudolph, Dellaney D ^a   Kabara, Lisa L ^b   Halsey, Karin E ^b   Hufnagel, Robert B ^c   Zhou, Jianxun ^b   Dolan, David F ^b   Glaser, Tom ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

ABR latency; atonal; Auditory processing; AVCN; bHLH; Binaural integration; Calyx of Held; Cochlear nucleus; Cochlear root neurons; Cre recombinase; Fluoro Gold; Globular bushy cells; Inferior colliculus; Interaural intensity difference; Interaural time difference; Kcnq4; Kv1.1; Kv3.1; MafB; Math1; Math5; Mouse; Multipolar cells; Phase locking; PVCN; Rhombic lip; Spherical bushy cells; Tract tracing

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; BASIC HELIX LOOP HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; BETA GALACTOSIDASE; CRE RECOMBINASE; MESSENGER RNA; POTASSIUM CHANNEL KCNQ; POTASSIUM CHANNEL KCNQ4; POTASSIUM CHANNEL KV1.1; POTASSIUM CHANNEL KV3.1B; SHAW POTASSIUM CHANNEL; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR MAFB; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR MATH5; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUDITORY NERVOUS SYSTEM; BINAURAL HEARING; COCHLEAR NERVE; COCHLEAR NUCLEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EVOKED BRAIN STEM AUDITORY RESPONSE; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NERVE PROJECTION; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; OPTIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RETINA GANGLION CELL; RHOMBENCEPHALON;

ANIMALS; AUDITORY PATHWAYS; BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; BROMODEOXYURIDINE; COCHLEAR NUCLEUS; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY, BRAIN STEM; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, TRANSGENIC; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEURONS; RNA, MESSENGER; STILBAMIDINES;

MUS;

EID: 37349036858     PISSN: 10447431     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mcn.2007.09.006     Document Type: Article

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