Structure and function of the hair cell ribbon synapse

Journal of Membrane Biology

Volumn 209, Issue 2-3, 2006, Pages 153-165

  Nouvian, R ^a   Beutner, D ^a,c   Parsons, T D ^b   Moser, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Calcium; Exocytosis; Hair cell; Ribbon synapse; Synaptic protein; Synaptic ribbon; Synaptic vesicle pool

Indexed keywords

SNARE PROTEIN;

AUDITORY STIMULATION; CELL FUNCTION; COCHLEA; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EXOCYTOSIS; HAIR CELL; KINETICS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NERVE ENDING; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; SYNAPSE; SYNAPTIC MEMBRANE;

AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ANIMALS; EXOCYTOSIS; HAIR CELLS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; NEURONS, AFFERENT; SYNAPSES; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; SYNAPTIC VESICLES;

EID: 33745079195     PISSN: 00222631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00232-005-0854-4     Document Type: Review

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