Short-term synaptic plasticity regulates the level of olivocochlear inhibition to auditory hair cells

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 31, Issue 41, 2011, Pages 14763-14774

  Ballestero, Jimena ^a   de San Martín, Javier Zorrilla ^a   Goutman, Juan ^a   Elgoyhen, Ana Beléén ^a   Fuchs, Paul A ^b   Katz, Eleonora ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA9ALPHA10 NICOTINIC ACETYLCHOLINE RECEPTOR; CALCIUM ACTIVATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; SK2 CHANNEL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; COCHLEA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FACILITATION; FEMALE; HAIR CELL; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; MALE; MEDIAL OLIVOCOCHLEAR NEURON; MOUSE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRESYNAPTIC FACILITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TEMPORAL SUMMATION;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BIOPHYSICS; CHELATING AGENTS; COCHLEA; COCHLEAR NERVE; EGTAZIC ACID; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FEMALE; GLYCINE AGENTS; HAIR CELLS, AUDITORY; INDOLES; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; NEURAL INHIBITION; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PEPTIDES; SEROTONIN ANTAGONISTS; SODIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; STRYCHNINE; SYNAPSES; TEMPERATURE; TETRODOTOXIN; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 80054050320     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.6788-10.2011     Document Type: Article

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