Why do hair cells have ribbons? Focus on "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 1695-1696

  Fuchs, Paul ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHANNEL L TYPE; DIHYDROPYRIDINE; VOLTAGE GATED CALCIUM CHANNEL;

CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CHANNEL GATING; EDITORIAL; FROG; HAIR CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA CELL; SYNAPSE VESICLE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; CELL MEMBRANE; HAIR CELLS, AUDITORY; HUMANS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; SYNAPTIC VESICLES;

EID: 57349098252     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.90838.2008     Document Type: Editorial

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