Disruption of Otoferlin Alters the Mode of Exocytosis at the Mouse Inner Hair Cell Ribbon Synapse

Sound encoding relies on Ca2+-mediated exocytosis at the ribbon synapse between cochlear inner hair cells (IHCs) and type I spiral ganglion neurons (SGNs). Otoferlin, a multi-C2 domain protein, is proposed to regulate Ca2+-triggered exocytosis at this synapse, but the precise mechanisms of otoferlin...

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Main Authors: Hideki Takago, Tomoko Oshima-Takago, Tobias Moser
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2019-01-01
Series:Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fnmol.2018.00492/full