Development of the stria vascularis and potassium regulation in the human fetal cochlea: Insights into hereditary sensorineural hearing loss

Developmental Neurobiology

Volumn 75, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 1219-1240

  Locher, Heiko ^a   de Groot, John C M J ^a   van Iperen, Liesbeth ^a   Huisman, Margriet A ^a   Frijns, Johan H M ^a   Chuva de Sousa Lopes, Susana M ^a,b  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Development; Human; Melanocytes; Sensorineural hearing loss; Stria vascularis

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE (POTASSIUM SODIUM); CONNEXIN 26; CONNEXIN 30; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; KCNJ10 PROTEIN; MICROPHTHALMIA ASSOCIATED TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; POTASSIUM; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; POTASSIUM CHANNEL KCNQ1; STEM CELL FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX10; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CONNEXIN 43; GJA1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; GJB6 PROTEIN, HUMAN; GJE1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; INWARDLY RECTIFYING POTASSIUM CHANNEL; KCNJ10 (CHANNEL); KCNQ1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; MITF PROTEIN, HUMAN; SOX10 PROTEIN, HUMAN; STEM CELL FACTOR RECEPTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX;

APICAL MEMBRANE; ARTICLE; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; CELL MIGRATION; COCHLEA DUCT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FETUS; GENE LOCUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MELANOCYTE; NEURAL CREST; ORGANOGENESIS; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SPIRAL LIGAMENT; STRIA VASCULARIS; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; CELL MOTION; COCHLEA; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CYTOLOGY; EMBRYOLOGY; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

CELL MOVEMENT; COCHLEA; CONNEXIN 43; CONNEXINS; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KCNQ1 POTASSIUM CHANNEL; MELANOCYTES; MICROPHTHALMIA-ASSOCIATED TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; POTASSIUM; POTASSIUM CHANNELS, INWARDLY RECTIFYING; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-KIT; SODIUM-POTASSIUM-EXCHANGING ATPASE; SOXE TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; STRIA VASCULARIS;

EID: 84943585572     PISSN: 19328451     EISSN: 1932846X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dneu.22279     Document Type: Article

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