BDNF gene therapy induces auditory nerve survival and fiber sprouting in deaf Pou4f3 mutant mice

Scientific Reports

Volumn 2, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Fukui, H ^a,b   Wong, H T ^a   Beyer, L A ^a   Case, B G ^a   Swiderski, D L ^a   Di Polo, A ^c   Ryan, A F ^d   Raphael, Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b KANSAI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^d VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; POU4F3 PROTEIN, MOUSE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR POU4F3;

ADENOVIRUS; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL SURVIVAL; COCHLEAR NERVE; CYTOLOGY; GENE THERAPY; GENETICS; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; IMPLANTATION; METABOLISM; MOUSE; MUTATION; NERVE FIBER; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SPIRAL GANGLION;

ADENOVIRIDAE; ANIMALS; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CELL SURVIVAL; COCHLEAR IMPLANTATION; COCHLEAR NERVE; DEAFNESS; GENETIC THERAPY; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MICE; MUTATION; NERVE FIBERS; SPIRAL GANGLION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR BRN-3C;

EID: 84869199950     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep00838     Document Type: Article

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