Conditional deletion of Atoh1 reveals distinct critical periods for survival and function of hair cells in the organ of Corti

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 33, Issue 24, 2013, Pages 10110-10122

  Cai, Tiantian ^a   Seymour, Michelle L ^a   Zhang, Hongyuan ^a   Pereira, Fred A ^a   Groves, Andrew K ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATONAL HOMOLOG1 PROTEIN; TAMOXIFEN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; CELL FUNCTION; CELL MATURATION; CELL SURVIVAL; COCHLEA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTI ORGAN; EVOKED BRAIN STEM AUDITORY RESPONSE; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GENE DELETION; HAIR CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MOUSE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL SURVIVAL; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HAIR CELLS, AUDITORY; LABYRINTH SUPPORTING CELLS; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MALE; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; ORGAN OF CORTI; PROTEINS; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; TAMOXIFEN;

EID: 84878882559     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.5606-12.2013     Document Type: Article

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