Plasma membrane Ca2+-ATPase extrudes Ca2+ from hair cell stereocilia

Mechanically sensitive hair cells of the auditory and vestibular systems use Ca2+ to control adaptation of mechanical transduction, to effect frequency tuning, to trigger neurotransmitter release, and to mediate efferent synaptic signaling. To determine the role that pumps play in regulation of Ca2+...

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Main Authors: Yamoah, Ebenezer N. (Author), Lumpkin, Ellen A. (Author), Dumont, Rachel A. (Author), Smith, Peter J.S (Author), Hudspeth, A.J (Author), Gillespie, Peter G. (Author)
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Language:English
Published: 1998-01-15.
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