Morphological and physiological development of auditory synapses

Hearing Research

Volumn 311, Issue , 2014, Pages 3-16

  Yu, Wei Ming ^a   Goodrich, Lisa V ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANTEROVENTRAL COCHLEAR NUCLEUS; BRAIN STEM; CALYX OF HELD; COCHLEA; CONNECTOME; HEARING; INNERVATION; MORPHOGENESIS; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NERVE PROJECTION; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; RIBBON SYNAPSE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOUND DETECTION; SPIRAL GANGLION; SYNAPSE; ANIMAL; AUDITORY NERVOUS SYSTEM; AUDITORY STIMULATION; CYTOLOGY; EMBRYOLOGY; HUMAN; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESSURE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; VIBRATION;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANIMALS; AUDITORY PATHWAYS; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; HEARING; HUMANS; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION, CELLULAR; MORPHOGENESIS; PRESSURE; SYNAPSES; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; VIBRATION;

EID: 84919706005     PISSN: 03785955     EISSN: 18785891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.heares.2014.01.007     Document Type: Review

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