The mouse cochlea expresses a local hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal equivalent signaling system and requires corticotropin-releasing factor receptor 1 to establish normal hair cell innervation and cochlear sensitivity

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1267-1278

  Graham, Christine E ^a,b   Vetter, Douglas E ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; CORTICOTROPIN; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR RECEPTOR 1; MELANOCORTIN 2 RECEPTOR; PROOPIOMELANOCORTIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUDITORY SYSTEM FUNCTION; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CELL MATURATION; CELL STRUCTURE; COCHLEA; CONTROLLED STUDY; EFFERENT NERVE; FEMALE; HAIR CELL; HOMEOSTASIS; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; INNERVATION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NULL ALLELE; PARACRINE SIGNALING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SENSORY NERVE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ANIMALS; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; COCHLEA; CORTICOSTERONE; CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; HAIR CELLS, AUDITORY; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PARACRINE COMMUNICATION; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; PRO-OPIOMELANOCORTIN; RECEPTOR, MELANOCORTIN, TYPE 2; RECEPTORS, CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 79251587140     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.4545-10.2011     Document Type: Article

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