A pattern of otoferlin expression interrupted by gentamicin exposure in ribbon synapse of Inner Hair Cell in C57BL/6J Mice

Acta Neurologica Belgica

Volumn 109, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 221-225

  ShuNa, Li ^a,b   Zhong, Ren ^a   Ke, Liu ^a  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b AFFILIATED PEOPLE S HOSPITAL OF JIANGSU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

ABR; Cochlea; Gentamicin exposure; Immunofluorescence; Inner hair cell; Otoferlin; Ribbon synapse; Western blotting

Indexed keywords

GENTAMICIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PROTEIN OTOFERLIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; EVOKED BRAIN STEM AUDITORY RESPONSE; MALE; MOUSE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SYNAPSE; UPREGULATION;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; BLOTTING, WESTERN; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GENTAMICINS; HAIR CELLS, AUDITORY, INNER; HEARING LOSS; MALE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; SYNAPSES;

EID: 70350496830     PISSN: 03009009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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