Ion flow in stria vascularis and the production and regulation of cochlear endolymph and the endolymphatic potential

Hearing Research

Volumn 277, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 4-19

  Patuzzi, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARRIER PROTEIN; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN;

CELL HYPOXIA; CHLORIDE TRANSPORT; COCHLEA POTENTIAL; ELECTROLYTE BALANCE; ENDOLYMPH; FLUID BALANCE; ION CURRENT; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SODIUM TRANSPORT; STEADY STATE; STRIA VASCULARIS; TRANSPORT KINETICS; WATER TRANSPORT;

ANIMALS; CHLORIDES; COCHLEA; COCHLEAR DUCT; ENDOLYMPH; HUMANS; ION CHANNELS; ION TRANSPORT; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POTASSIUM; SODIUM; STRIA VASCULARIS; WATER-ELECTROLYTE BALANCE;

EID: 79960218687     PISSN: 03785955     EISSN: 18785891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.heares.2011.01.010     Document Type: Review

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