Neural circuit development in the mammalian cochlea

Physiology

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 100-112

  Bulankina, A V ^a   Moser, T ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; COCHLEA; CYTOLOGY; EFFERENT NERVE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HAIR CELL; HUMAN; INNERVATION; MOUSE; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SYNAPSE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; COCHLEA; HAIR CELLS, AUDITORY; HUMANS; MICE; NEURONS, EFFERENT; SYNAPSES;

EID: 84859784471     PISSN: 15489213     EISSN: 15489221     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/physiol.00036.2011     Document Type: Review

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