Synaptic transmission between end bulbs of held and bushy cells in the cochlear nucleus of mice with a mutation in Otoferlin

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 112, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 3173-3188

  Wright, Samantha ^a   Hwang, Youngdeok ^b   Oertel, Donata ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b IBM T J WATSON RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cochlear nucleus; Electrophysiology; Excitatory postsynaptic currents; Mouse; Otoferlin

Indexed keywords

OTOFERLIN; PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; OTOFERLIN PROTEIN, MOUSE;

ACOUSTIC NERVE FIBER; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTEROVENTRAL COCHLEAR NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM RESPONSE; COCHLEAR NERVE; COCHLEAR NUCLEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISTORTION PRODUCT OTOACOUSTIC EMISSION; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; HEARING; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION; MOUSE; MUTATION; NONHUMAN; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; ANIMAL; C57BL MOUSE; CYTOLOGY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EVOKED BRAIN STEM AUDITORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; GENETICS; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MALE; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NERVE CELL; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POINT MUTATION;

ANIMALS; COCHLEAR NERVE; COCHLEAR NUCLEUS; DEAFNESS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY, BRAIN STEM; FEMALE; HEARING; MALE; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; NEURONS; POINT MUTATION; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 84918508258     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00522.2014     Document Type: Article

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