Functional features of trans-differentiated hair cells mediated by Atoh1 reveals a primordial mechanism

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 32, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 3712-3725

  Yang, Juanmei ^a,b   Bouvron, Sonia ^a   Lv, Ping ^a,c   Chi, Fanglu ^b   Yamoah, Ebenezer N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b EYE AND ENT HOSPITAL OF FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c HEBEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATOH1 GENE; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL TRANSDIFFERENTIATION; COCHLEA; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED RESPONSE; FEMALE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; HAIR CELL; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; ION CURRENT; MALE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPIKE; SPIRAL GANGLION; VESTIBULE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; CELL TRANSDIFFERENTIATION; CELLS, CULTURED; COCHLEA; FEMALE; HAIR CELLS, AUDITORY; MALE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 84863297394     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.6093-11.2012     Document Type: Article

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