Synaptic ribbon enables temporal precision of hair cell afferent synapse by increasing the number of readily releasable vesicles: A modeling study

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 100, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1724-1739

  Wittig Jr , John H ^a   Parsons, Thomas D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CALMODULIN;

ARTICLE; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXOCYTOSIS; FROG; HAIR CELL; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; SYNAPSE VESICLE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; ANURA; CALCIUM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EXOCYTOSIS; HAIR CELLS, AUDITORY; ION CHANNEL GATING; KINETICS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NEURONS, AFFERENT; SYNAPSES; SYNAPTIC VESICLES;

EID: 55249110956     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.90322.2008     Document Type: Article

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