Title | Cell and Molecular Biology of the Ear [electronic resource] / edited by David J. Lim |
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Imprint | Boston, MA : Springer US : Imprint: Springer, 2000 |
Connect to | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-4223-0 |
Descript | XVIII, 267 p. online resource |
I. Mechanoreceptor Biology -- 1. Kinociliary Mechanoreceptors in the Equilibrium Receptor Organs of Cephalopods -- 2. Stereocilia Based Mechanoreceptors of Sea Anemones -- 3. Plasma Membrane Ca2+-ATPase and Hair-Cell Function -- 4. Molecular Determinants of Hair Cell Phenotypic HeterogeneityโDifferential Expression of K Channel Genes -- 5. Structural Basis of Outer Hair Cell Motility or Whereโs the Motor? -- II. Developmental Biology of the Ear -- 6. Induction of Ectodermal Placodes -- 7. Compartments and Boundaries in the Developing Inner Ear -- 8. Role of the POU-domain Transcription Factor Brn-3.1 in Hair Cell Development -- III. Genes and Deafness -- 9. Genetic Linkage Studies of Hereditary Hearing Loss -- 10. Mitochondrial Mutations and Hearing Loss -- 11. Loss and Regeneration of Cochlear Hair Cell Innervation following Sound and Drug Damage -- 12. Mechanism and Prevention of Aminoglycoside-Induced Hearing Loss -- 13. Neurotrophic Signaling by Membrane Electrical Activity in Spiral Ganglion Neurons -- 14. Protection of Cochlear Hair Cells from Gentamicin Ototoxicity and Mechanisms of Mammalian Hair Cell RegenerationIn Vitro -- 15. Protection and Regeneration of Vestibular Hair CellsโThe Role of Neurotrophins after Gentamicin Ototoxicity -- IV. Gene-Based Therapy for Sensorineural Hearing Loss -- 16. Inner Ear Gene Therapy -- 17. Adeno-Associated Virus Mediated Gene Transfer in the Peripheral Auditory System -- 18.Herpes SimplexViral Vector Gene-Based Therapy to Prevent Loss of Auditory Sensory Cells from Stress-Induced Apoptosis -- Contributors list