From development to disease: Diverse functions of NMDA-type glutamate receptors in the lower auditory pathway

Neuroscience

Volumn 285, Issue , 2015, Pages 248-259

  Sanchez, J T ^a,b,c   Ghelani, S ^d   Otto Meyer, S ^d  

^a Roxelyn and Richard Pepper Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders   (United States)

^b The Hugh Knowles Hearing Research Center   (United States)

^c Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences ^*  (United States)

^d NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Auditory development; Auditory disease; Glutamate; Hearing; N methyl d aspartate receptors

Indexed keywords

AMPA RECEPTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR 2A; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR 2B;

AUDITORY NERVOUS SYSTEM; COCHLEAR NUCLEUS; DORSAL COCHLEAR NUCLEUS; HAIR CELL; HUMAN; INFERIOR COLLICULUS; INNER EAR; NERVE CELL NECROSIS; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NERVE POTENTIAL; NOISE INJURY; NONHUMAN; PRESBYACUSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; RECEPTOR DOWN REGULATION; REVIEW; SPIRAL GANGLION; SYNAPSE; TINNITUS; ANIMAL; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; AUDITORY PATHWAYS; HUMANS; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE;

EID: 84916910008     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: 18737544     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2014.11.027     Document Type: Review

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