Glutamatergic signaling at the vestibular hair cell calyx synapse

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 34, Issue 44, 2014, Pages 14536-14550

  Sadeghi, Soroush G ^a,c   Pyott, Sonja J ^b   Yu, Zhou ^a   Glowatzki, Elisabeth ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Calyx; Glutamate receptor; Hair cell; Spillover; Synaptic transmission; Vestibular

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; AMPA RECEPTOR; BIOCYTIN; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR; GLUTAMIC ACID; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; 2,3-DIOXO-6-NITRO-7-SULFAMOYLBENZO(F)QUINOXALINE; AMINO ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; QUINOXALINE DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY LABELING; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE; CELL MEMBRANE RESISTANCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPOLARIZATION; DESENSITIZATION; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; HAIR CELL; HYPERPOLARIZATION; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; MEMBRANE CAPACITANCE; MICROSCOPY; MORPHOLOGY; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; POSTSYNAPTIC DENSITY; POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; RAT; SEMICIRCULAR CANAL; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNAPSE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; VESTIBULAR SYSTEM; ANIMAL; ANTAGONISTS AND INHIBITORS; DRUG EFFECTS; FEMALE; MALE; METABOLISM; PATCH CLAMP TECHNIQUE; PHYSIOLOGY; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

ANIMALS; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID ANTAGONISTS; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; FEMALE; GLUTAMIC ACID; HAIR CELLS, VESTIBULAR; MALE; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; QUINOXALINES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, AMPA; SYNAPSES; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 84908336790     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0369-13.2014     Document Type: Article

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