Spiral ganglion neurones: An overview of morphology, firing behaviour, ionic channels and function

Pflugers Archiv European Journal of Physiology

Volumn 457, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1303-1325

  Rusznák, Zoltán ^a   Szucs, Géza ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DEBRECEN   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Action potentials; Kv subunits; Spiral ganglion; Type I cells; Type II cells

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHANNEL; DENDROTOXIN; MYELIN; SODIUM CHANNEL; VANILLOID RECEPTOR; VOLTAGE GATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANTIBODY LABELING; CELL FUNCTION; CELL MEMBRANE DEPOLARIZATION; CELL STRUCTURE; HUMAN; ION CONDUCTANCE; NERVE; NONHUMAN; POTASSIUM CURRENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW; SPIRAL GANGLION;

ACTION POTENTIALS; AGING; ANIMALS; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CALCIUM CHANNELS; CELLS, CULTURED; ELAPID VENOMS; HISTOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; NERVE GROWTH FACTORS; NEURONS; ORGAN OF CORTI; POTASSIUM; POTASSIUM CHANNELS; SODIUM CHANNELS; SPIRAL GANGLION;

EID: 62549149097     PISSN: 00316768     EISSN: 14322013     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00424-008-0586-2     Document Type: Review

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