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Survival of adult spiral ganglion neurons requires erbB receptor signaling in the inner ear.
The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience - 6 Oct 2004
Stankovic Konstantina, Rio Carlos, Xia Anping, Sugawara Mitsuru, Adams Joe C, Liberman M Charles, Corfas Gabriel
Abstract excerpt
Degeneration of cochlear sensory neurons is an important cause of hearing loss, but the mechanisms that maintain the survival of adult cochlear sensory neurons are not clearly defined. We now provide evidence implicating the neuregulin (NRG)-erbB receptor signaling pathway in this process. We found that NRG1 is expressed by spiral ganglion neurons (SGNs), whereas erbB2 and erbB3 are expressed by supporting cells...
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