Loss of GABAB receptors in cochlear neurons: Threshold elevation suggests modulation of outer hair cell function by type II afferent fibers

JARO - Journal of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 50-63

  Maison, Stéphane F ^a   Casanova, Emilio ^b,c   Holstein, Gay R ^d   Bettler, Bernhard ^b   Liberman, M Charles ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^d MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Efferent; Feedback; Inner ear

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID B RECEPTOR; AMINO ACID RECEPTOR AFFECTING AGENT; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; HYBRID PROTEIN; STRYCHNINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL EXPANSION; CELL FUNCTION; COCHLEAR NUCLEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISTORTION PRODUCT OTOACOUSTIC EMISSION; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EVOKED BRAIN STEM AUDITORY RESPONSE; GABAERGIC TRANSMISSION; HAIR CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NOISE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMAL; AUDITORY STIMULATION; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; COCHLEAR NERVE; EFFERENT NERVE; METABOLISM; MOUSE MUTANT; NOISE INJURY; PHYSIOLOGY; SYNAPTOSOME;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANIMALS; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CHOLINERGIC ANTAGONISTS; COCHLEAR NERVE; GLYCINE AGENTS; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HAIR CELLS, AUDITORY, INNER; HAIR CELLS, AUDITORY, OUTER; HEARING LOSS, NOISE-INDUCED; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; NEURONS, AFFERENT; NEURONS, EFFERENT; PRESYNAPTIC TERMINALS; RECEPTORS, GABA-B; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; STRYCHNINE;

EID: 67349227384     PISSN: 15253961     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10162-008-0138-7     Document Type: Article

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