ATP-dependent intercellular Ca2+ signaling in the developing cochlea: Facts, fantasies and perspectives

Seminars in Cell and Developmental Biology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 31-39

  Mammano, Fabio ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b Fondazione per la Ricerca Biomedica Avanzata   (Italy)

^c CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Calcium signaling; Connexins; Deafness; Hair cells; Hearing; Mouse models; Organ of Corti

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE; ADENOSINE PHOSPHATE; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; CALCIUM; CALCIUM CHANNEL L TYPE; CONNEXIN 26; CONNEXIN 30; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; POTASSIUM; PURINERGIC P2X RECEPTOR; PURINERGIC P2Y RECEPTOR;

CALCIUM SIGNALING; COCHLEA; COCHLEA DUCT; ENDOLYMPH; EPITHELIUM CELL; GAP JUNCTION; HEARING; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HOMEOSTASIS; INNER EAR; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING; NERVE CELL; NEUROEPITHELIUM; NONHUMAN; PERILYMPH; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; SCALA TYMPANI; SCALA VESTIBULI; SENSORY NERVE CELL;

EID: 84873416042     PISSN: 10849521     EISSN: 10963634     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.semcdb.2012.09.004     Document Type: Review

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