New strategies for the restoration of hearing loss: Challenges and opportunities

British Medical Bulletin

Volumn 105, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 69-84

  Rivolta, Marcelo N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

gene therapy; hair cells; regeneration; spiral ganglion neurons; stem cells

Indexed keywords

ATONAL HOMOLOG 1 PROTEIN; BETA TUBULIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CALCIUM ION; CYCLIN DEPENDENT KINASE INHIBITOR 1B; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; NESTIN; NEUROFILAMENT PROTEIN; NEUROGEN 1; NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; NEUROTROPHIN 3; OCTAMER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 4; POTASSIUM ION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN 4; MYOSIN VIIA; NEUROTROPHIN; VESICULAR GLUTAMATE TRANSPORTER 3;

ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL SURVIVAL; COCHLEA; COCHLEA PROSTHESIS; COCHLEA STEM CELL; CORTI ORGAN; DOWN REGULATION; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; GENE THERAPY; HAIR CELL; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; NEURAL STEM CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEM CELL; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; ADULT STEM CELL; COCHLEAR IMPLANTATION; COCHLEAR NERVE; FETAL STEM CELL; GENETIC MANIPULATION; HEARING AID; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELL;

ANIMALS; COCHLEAR IMPLANTATION; GENETIC THERAPY; GUINEA PIGS; HAIR CELLS, AUDITORY; HEARING LOSS; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HUMANS; MICE; NEURONS; REGENERATION; SPIRAL GANGLION; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; STEM CELLS;

EID: 84876260492     PISSN: 00071420     EISSN: 14718391     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bmb/lds035     Document Type: Article

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