Genetics of peripheral vestibular dysfunction: Lessons from mutant mouse strains

Journal of the American Academy of Audiology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 289-301

  Jones, Sherri M ^a   Jones, Timothy A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Genetics; Hereditary vestibular disorders; Mutant mouse models; Vestibular; Vestibular evoked potentials

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NERVE FIBER; EXOCYTOSIS; GENE MUTATION; GENETICS; HAIR CELL; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; MOUSE; MUTANT MOUSE STRAIN; NERVE POTENTIAL; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; NYSTAGMUS; OTOLITH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STEREOCILIUM; SYNAPSE VESICLE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; VESTIBULAR DISORDER; VESTIBULAR EVOKED POTENTIAL; VESTIBULAR FUNCTION; ANIMAL; DISEASE MODEL; MUTATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SYNAPSE; VESTIBULAR NERVE; VESTIBULE; VESTIBULOCOCHLEAR NERVE DISEASE;

ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HAIR CELLS, AUDITORY; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMANS; MICE; MICE, MUTANT STRAINS; MUTATION; OTOLITHIC MEMBRANE; STEREOCILIA; SYNAPSES; VESTIBULAR DISEASES; VESTIBULAR NERVE; VESTIBULOCOCHLEAR NERVE DISEASES;

EID: 84904460186     PISSN: 10500545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3766/jaaa.25.3.8     Document Type: Review

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