Brevican “nets” voltage-gated calcium channels at the hair cell ribbon synapse

Abstract During hearing in mammals, “sensorineural” inner hair cells convert sound wave-generated mechanical input into electrical activity, resulting in glutamate release onto type I spiral ganglion neurons (SGNs) at specialized synapses known as “ribbon synapses”. New findings published here in BM...

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Main Authors: Thomas M. Coate, Katherine Conant
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-09-01
Series:BMC Biology
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12915-018-0575-7