A lack of immune system genes causes loss in high frequency hearing but does not disrupt cochlear synapse maturation in mice.

Early cochlear development is marked by an exuberant outgrowth of neurites that innervate multiple targets. The establishment of mature cochlear neural circuits is, however, dependent on the pruning of inappropriate axons and synaptic connections. Such refinement also occurs in the central nervous s...

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Main Authors: Melissa A Calton, Dasom Lee, Srividya Sundaresan, Diana Mendus, Rose Leu, Felix Wangsawihardja, Kenneth R Johnson, Mirna Mustapha
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4012943?pdf=render