BK channels mediate cholinergic inhibition of high frequency cochlear hair cells

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 11, 2010, Pages

  Wersinger, Eric ^a   McLean, Will J ^b   Fuchs, Paul A ^a   Pyott, Sonja J ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA WILMINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR; IBERIOTOXIN; LARGE CONDUCTANCE CALCIUM ACTIVATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL; LINOPIRDINE; PAXILLINE; POTASSIUM CHANNEL KCNQ4; PRESTIN; SMALL CONDUCTANCE CALCIUM ACTIVATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL; SMALL CONDUCTANCE CALCIUM ACTIVATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL 2; SYNAPSIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ACETYLCHOLINE; APAMIN; CHARYBDOTOXIN; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; PEPTIDE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTICHOLINERGIC EFFECT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY DISCRIMINATION; CELL LABELING; CELL MATURATION; CHANNEL GATING; CHOLINERGIC ACTIVITY; CHOLINERGIC SYNAPSE; COCHLEA; COCHLEA POTENTIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EFFERENT NERVE; FREQUENCY DISCRIMINATION; HAIR CELL; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; POTASSIUM CURRENT; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RAT; TONOTOPY; ANIMAL; CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; GENETICS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; MOUSE; MOUSE MUTANT; PHYSIOLOGY; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; SYNAPSE;

MAMMALIA; RATTUS; VERTEBRATA;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ANIMALS; APAMIN; CHARYBDOTOXIN; CHOLINERGIC AGENTS; COCHLEA; HAIR CELLS, AUDITORY; HAIR CELLS, AUDITORY, OUTER; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LARGE-CONDUCTANCE CALCIUM-ACTIVATED POTASSIUM CHANNELS; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; NEURONS, EFFERENT; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PEPTIDES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SYNAPSES;

EID: 78149478664     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0013836     Document Type: Article

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