Article Information
- Received January 2, 2003
- Revision received March 4, 2003
- Accepted March 7, 2003
- First published May 15, 2003.
- Version of record published May 15, 2003.
Author Information
- Jason R. Meyers1,*,
- Richard B. MacDonald3,*,
- Anne Duggan5,6,
- David Lenzi2,
- David G. Standaert4,7,
- Jeffrey T. Corwin2, and
- David P. Corey5,6
- 1Neuroscience Graduate Program and 2Departments of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery and Neuroscience, School of Medicine, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22908, 3Program in Speech and Hearing Sciences, Health Sciences and Technology Program, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston, Massachusetts 02139, 4Departments of Neurology and, 5Neurobiology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, and Howard Hughes Medical Institute, 6Neurosurgery Service, and 7Neurology Service, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts 02114
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Disclosures
- Received January 2, 2003.
- Revision received March 4, 2003.
- Accepted March 7, 2003.
↵* J.R.M. and R.B. M. contributed equally to this work.
This work was supported by National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders Grants R01-DC00200 (J.T.C.) and R01-DC00304 (D.P.C.). J.R.M. is a predoctoral fellow, A.D. was an associate, and D.P.C. is an investigator of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. We thank Baljit S. Khakh and Henry A. Lester (California Institute of Technology) for the P2X2 clone, Stefan Heller (Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary) for the TRPV1 clone, Heidi L. Rehm and Gwénaëlle S. G. Géléoc [Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH)] for valuable advice and help with dissections, Ellen Lumpkin and David Julius(University of California San Francisco)for examining the P2X2 knock-out mouse, David Hill (University of Virginia) for helping to examine the taste system and for helpful discussions, Christine Kellar-McGandy (MGH) for brain sectioning, and Michael Whalen (MGH) for ventricle injections.
Correspondence should be addressed to Jason R Meyers, MR 4, Room 5148, HSC Box 801392, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22908. E-mail: jmeyers{at}virginia.edu.
A. Duggan's present address: Departments of Anesthesiology and Physiology, Northwestern University Institute for Neurosciences, Chicago, IL 60611.
D. Lenzi's present address: Cytokinetics Inc., South San Francisco, CA 94080.
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