Voltage-gated K+ channels contributing to temporal precision at the inner hair cell-auditory afferent nerve fiber synapses in the mammalian cochlea

Archives of Pharmacal Research

Volumn 37, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 821-833

  Oak, Min Ho ^a   Yi, Eunyoung ^a  

^a Mokpo National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Action potential generation; Cochlea; Hair cell synapse; Synaptic potential

Indexed keywords

NEUROTRANSMITTER; VOLTAGE GATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL;

ACOUSTIC NERVE FIBER; AUDITORY NERVOUS SYSTEM; COCHLEA; DENDRITE; EXCITOTOXICITY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HAIR CELL; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; IMMUNOHISTOLOGY; MAMMAL; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NOISE; NONHUMAN; RESPONSE TIME; REVIEW; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SYNAPTIC MEMBRANE; SYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TIME PERCEPTION; ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; NERVE FIBER; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; SYNAPSE; TIME;

ANIMALS; COCHLEA; HAIR CELLS, AUDITORY, INNER; HUMANS; NERVE FIBERS; NEURONS, AFFERENT; POTASSIUM CHANNELS, VOLTAGE-GATED; REACTION TIME; SYNAPSES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84904391310     PISSN: 02536269     EISSN: 19763786     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12272-014-0411-8     Document Type: Review

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