The endocochlear potential depends on two K+ diffusion potentials and an electrical barrier in the stria vascularis of the inner ear

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 105, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1751-1756

  Nin, Fumiaki ^a,b   Hibino, Hiroshi ^a   Doi, Katsumi ^a   Suzuki, Toshihiro ^b   Hisa, Yasuo ^b   Kurachi, Yoshihisa ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b KYOTO PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hearing; Ion transport; Potassium

Indexed keywords

POTASSIUM; POTASSIUM CHANNEL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; APICAL MEMBRANE; ARTICLE; BASAL CELL; COCHLEA POTENTIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC ACTIVITY; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; ENDOLYMPH; EPITHELIUM CELL; EXTRACELLULAR FLUID; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; GUINEA PIG; HEARING; INNER EAR; NONHUMAN; PERILYMPH; POTASSIUM TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRIA VASCULARIS; ANIMAL; CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; COCHLEA; IMPEDANCE; ION TRANSPORT; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

STROPHANTHUS GRATUS;

ANIMALS; COCHLEA; EAR, INNER; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; GUINEA PIGS; ION TRANSPORT; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; POTASSIUM; STRIA VASCULARIS;

EID: 40349105904     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0711463105     Document Type: Article

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