Notch signaling limits supporting cell plasticity in the hair cell-damaged early postnatal murine cochlea.

In mammals, auditory hair cells are generated only during embryonic development and loss or damage to hair cells is permanent. However, in non-mammalian vertebrate species, such as birds, neighboring glia-like supporting cells regenerate auditory hair cells by both mitotic and non-mitotic mechanisms...

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Main Authors: Soumya Korrapati, Isabelle Roux, Elisabeth Glowatzki, Angelika Doetzlhofer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3758270?pdf=render