Cell degeneration is not a primary causer for Connexin26 (GJB2) deficiency associated hearing loss

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 528, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 36-41

  Liang, Chun ^a   Zhu, Yan ^a   Zong, Liang ^a   Lu, Guang Jin ^a   Zhao, Hong Bo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Connexin; Deafness; Gap junction; GJB2; Hair cell loss; Inner ear

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 26;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM RESPONSE; COCHLEA; COCHLEA POTENTIAL; CONGENITAL DEAFNESS; GENE MUTATION; GENOTYPE; HAIR CELL; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; MOUSE; NERVE CELL DEGENERATION; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; COCHLEA; CONNEXINS; DEAFNESS; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY, BRAIN STEM; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEURONS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES;

EID: 84866930848     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: 18727972     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2012.08.085     Document Type: Article

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