Big minis from hair cells: mechanism and function

Caixia Lv; David Zenisek

doi:10.1016/j.neuron.2014.09.013

Big minis from hair cells: mechanism and function

Neuron. 2014 Sep 17;83(6):1229-31. doi: 10.1016/j.neuron.2014.09.013.

Authors

Caixia Lv¹, David Zenisek²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Cellular and Molecular Physiology and Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06510, USA.
² Department of Cellular and Molecular Physiology and Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06510, USA. Electronic address: david.zenisek@yale.edu.

PMID: 25233300
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2014.09.013

Abstract

What underlies the large variation in mEPSC amplitude in the auditory system? And is this variability important? In this issue of Neuron, Li et al. (2014) address the significance of large mEPSCs to auditory processing and Chapochnikov et al. (2014) describe a novel mechanism underlying them.

Publication types

Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
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MeSH terms

Animals
Excitatory Postsynaptic Potentials / physiology*
Exocytosis*
Hair Cells, Auditory / metabolism*
Hair Cells, Auditory, Inner / metabolism*
Models, Neurological*
Neurotransmitter Agents / metabolism*
Synaptic Transmission / physiology*

Substances

Neurotransmitter Agents

Abstract

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MeSH terms

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