Can neurosphere production help restore inner ear transduction?

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

Volumn 106, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 8-9

  Collado, Maria Sol ^a   Holt, Jeffrey R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NERVE FIBER; EPENDYMA CELL; HAIR CELL; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; INNER EAR; NEURAL STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPIRAL GANGLION; SUBVENTRICULAR ZONE;

ANIMALS; EAR, INNER; HAIR CELLS, AUDITORY, INNER; HEARING LOSS; HUMANS; NEURONS; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION;

EID: 58549087540     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0811804106     Document Type: Note

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