Variation in Inter-Animal Susceptibility to Noise Damage Is Associated with α9 Acetylcholine Receptor Subunit Expression Level

This work was supported by United States Public Health Service Grant R01 DC03086 and the Chandler Chair fund of the University of Miami. We thank Amanda Lowrey and Dr. Jiao He for technical assistance. We also acknowledge the skillful assistance and support of Dr. Anna Lysakowski and the confocal microscopy center of the University of Illinois at Chicago.

Correspondence should be addressed to Dr. Anne E. Luebke, University of Miami School of Medicine, Miami, FL 33136. E-mail:aluebke{at}chroma.med.miami.edu.