Resting potential and submembrane calcium concentration of inner hair cells in the isolated mouse cochlea are set by KCNQ-type potassium channels

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 2141-2149

  Oliver, Dominik ^a   Knipper, Marlies ^b   Derst, Christian ^a   Fakler, Bernd ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

BK channels; Cochlea; Hereditary deafness (DFNA2); Intracellular Ca 2+; KCNQ channels; Progressive hearing loss

Indexed keywords

POTASSIUM CHANNEL;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BASOLATERAL MEMBRANE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CALCIUM METABOLISM; COCHLEA; ENDOLYMPH; HAIR CELL; HEARING LOSS; HYPERPOLARIZATION; MEMBRANE DEPOLARIZATION; MEMBRANE STEADY POTENTIAL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; POTASSIUM CONDUCTANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; VOLTAGE CLAMP;

EID: 0037444439     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.23-06-02141.2003     Document Type: Article

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