Connections and synaptic function in the posteroventral cochlear nucleus of deaf jerker mice

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 510, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 297-308

  Cao, Xiao Jie ^a   McGinley, Matthew J ^b   Oertel, Donata ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Auditory nerve; Auditory pathway; Brainstem; Espin; Hearing impairment

Indexed keywords

AMPA RECEPTOR; BIOCYTIN; EPSIN;

ACOUSTIC NERVE FIBER; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC INNERVATION; BRAIN CELL; CELL POLARITY; COCHLEA POTENTIAL; COCHLEAR NERVE; COCHLEAR NUCLEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC SHOCK; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; MALE; MOUSE; NERVE ENDING; NERVE ROOT; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STELLATE CELL; SYNAPSE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; AUDITORY PATHWAYS; COCHLEAR NERVE; COCHLEAR NUCLEUS; DEAFNESS; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; FEMALE; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; SYNAPSES;

EID: 50249152956     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: 10969861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.21788     Document Type: Article

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