Sharp Ca 2+ Nanodomains beneath the ribbon promote highly synchronous multivesicular release at hair cell synapses

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 31, Issue 46, 2011, Pages 16637-16650

  Graydon, Cole W ^a,b   Cho, Soyoun ^c   Li, Geng Lin ^c   Kachar, Bechara ^a   von Gersdorff, Henrique ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DEAFNESS AND OTHER COMMUNICATION DISORDERS   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CELL POPULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSE BODY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EXOCYTOSIS; FEMALE; HAIR CELL; KINETICS; MALE; MEMBRANE DEPOLARIZATION; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; MEMBRANE STEADY POTENTIAL; MEMBRANE VESICLE; MORPHOLOGY; MULTIVESICULAR BODY; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIBBON; SYNAPSE;

3-PYRIDINECARBOXYLIC ACID, 1,4-DIHYDRO-2,6-DIMETHYL-5-NITRO-4-(2-(TRIFLUOROMETHYL)PHENYL)-, METHYL ESTER; ANIMALS; BIOPHYSICAL PROCESSES; BIOPHYSICS; CALCIUM; CALCIUM CHANNEL AGONISTS; CHELATING AGENTS; EGTAZIC ACID; ELECTRIC CAPACITANCE; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; EXOCYTOSIS; FEMALE; HAIR CELLS, AUDITORY; MALE; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; RANA CATESBEIANA; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; SYNAPSES; SYNAPTIC VESICLES;

EID: 81255143007     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1866-11.2011     Document Type: Article

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