Presynaptic maturation in auditory hair cells requires a critical period of sensory-independent spiking activity

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 110, Issue 21, 2013, Pages 8720-8725

  Johnson, Stuart L ^a   Kuhn, Stephanie ^a,f   Franz, Christoph ^b   Ingham, Neil ^c,g   Furness, David N ^d   Knipper, Marlies ^b   Steel, Karen P ^c,g   Adelman, John P ^e   Holley, Matthew C ^a   Marcotti, Walter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^c WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^d KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^g KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Calcium current; Cochlea; Exocytosis; Kcnn2

Indexed keywords

DOXYCYCLINE; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; POTASSIUM CHANNEL SK2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL MATURATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EVOKED RESPONSE; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; HAIR CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; INNER HAIR CELL; MOUSE; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; PRESYNAPTIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUND; SPIKE WAVE; SYNAPSE; TEMPORAL SUMMATION;

CALCIUM CURRENT; COCHLEA; EXOCYTOSIS; KCNN2;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CALCIUM; DOXYCYCLINE; HAIR CELLS, AUDITORY, INNER; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; SMALL-CONDUCTANCE CALCIUM-ACTIVATED POTASSIUM CHANNELS; SYNAPSES;

EID: 84878161094     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1219578110     Document Type: Article

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