Taurine modulates calcium influx under normal and ototoxic conditions in isolated cochlear spiral ganglion neurons

Pharmacological Reports

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 508-513

  Liu, Hai Ying ^a,b   Chi, Fang Lu ^b   Gao, Wen Yuan ^a  

^a SECOND MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Calcium imaging; Confocal laser scanning microscope; Fluo 3; Gentamicin; Spiral ganglion neurons; Taurine

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHANNEL L TYPE; CALCIUM ION; FLUO 3; GENTAMICIN; NIFEDIPINE; POTASSIUM ION; TAURINE; VOLTAGE GATED CALCIUM CHANNEL;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CALCIUM HOMEOSTASIS; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CELL ISOLATION; COCHLEA; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DEPOLARIZATION; DIGITAL IMAGING; EXPERIMENTAL GUINEA PIG; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; OTOTOXICITY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPIRAL GANGLION;

EID: 52049100169     PISSN: 22995684     EISSN: 22995684     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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