Resolving the structure of inner ear ribbon synapses with STED microscopy

Synapse

Volumn 69, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 242-255

  Rutherford, Mark A ^a,b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

AMPA receptor; Bassoon; CaV1.3; Cochlea; CtBP2 Ribeye; Hair cell; Spiral ganglion neuron; Stimulated emission depletion; Stimulus secretion coupling; Super resolution light microscopy

Indexed keywords

AMPA RECEPTOR; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR; VOLTAGE GATED CALCIUM CHANNEL; CALCIUM CHANNEL;

ACOUSTIC NERVE FIBER; ARTICLE; CELL STRUCTURE; COCHLEAR NERVE; INNER EAR; INNER HAIR CELL; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; POSTSYNAPTIC DENSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STIMULATED EMISSION DEPLETION MICROSCOPY; STIMULUS SECRETION COUPLING; SYNAPSE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; ANIMAL; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; HAIR CELL; HUMAN; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SCANNING PROBE MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; CALCIUM CHANNELS; HAIR CELLS, AUDITORY, INNER; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MICROSCOPY, SCANNING PROBE; RECEPTORS, AMPA; SYNAPSES;

EID: 84925395256     PISSN: 08874476     EISSN: 10982396     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/syn.21812     Document Type: Article

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