Fenestration of the calyx of held occurs sequentially along the tonotopic axis, is influenced by afferent activity, and facilitates glutamate clearance

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 514, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 92-106

  Ford, Marc C ^a   Grothe, Benedikt ^a   Klug, Achim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Activity dependent development; Auditory; Calyx of Held; GLAST; GLT1; Glutamate clearance; Glutamate reuptake; Medial nucleus of the trapezoid body; MNTB; Neuron glia interaction; Synaptic development

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMATE TRANSPORTER; GLUTAMIC ACID; KANAMYCIN; NEUROTOXIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUDITORY NERVOUS SYSTEM; CALYX OF HELD; COCHLEA FENESTRA; COCHLEAR NUCLEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; FEMALE; GERBIL; GLIA; HEARING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NERVE; TONOTOPY; ANIMAL; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BRAIN STEM; COCHLEA; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SYNAPTOSOME;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANIMALS; AUDITORY PATHWAYS; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; BRAIN STEM; COCHLEA; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; FEMALE; GERBILLINAE; GLUTAMIC ACID; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KANAMYCIN; MALE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; NEUROGLIA; NEUROTOXINS; PRESYNAPTIC TERMINALS;

EID: 63449102212     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: 10969861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.21998     Document Type: Article

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