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ArticlePflugers Archiv : European journal of physiology2009

Potassium currents induced by hydrostatic pressure modulate membrane potential and transmitter release in vestibular type II hair cells.

Thien An Duong Dinh, Thorsten Haasler, Georg Homann, Eberhard Jüngling, Martin Westhofen, Andreas Lückhoff

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Article in Pflugers Archiv : European journal of physiology, 2009. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4 citing papers in PubMed, 10 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. Enhanced vestibulo-ocular reflex to electrical vestibular stimulation in Meniere's disease.Journal of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology : JARO · 2013
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6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Thien An Duong DinhInstitute of Physiology, Medical Faculty, RWTH Aachen, 52057 Aachen, Germany.
Thorsten Haasler
Georg Homann
Eberhard Jüngling
Martin Westhofen
Andreas Lückhoff
RWTH Aachen University · DE

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Vestibular type II hair cells respond to increases in the hydrostatic pressure with pressure-dependent K(+) currents. We examined whether such currents may modulate transmitter release (assessed as membrane capacitance increments) by altering membrane potentials and voltage-gated Ca(2+) currents. Capacitance increments were dependent on voltage-gated Ca(2+) influx. Stimulating currents (0.7 nA) in current clamp induced depolarisations that were more negative by 8.7 +/- 2.1 mV when the bath height was elevated from 0.2 to 0.5 cm. In voltage clamp, protocols were used that simulated the time course of the membrane potential in current clamp at either low (control) or high hydrostatic pressure (high bath). The low bath protocol induced significantly larger Ca(2+) currents and increases in capacitance than the high bath protocol. We conclude that pressure-dependent K(+) currents may alter the voltage response of vestibular hair cells to an extent critical for Ca(2+) currents and transmitter release. This mechanism may contribute to vestibular dysfunction in Meniere's disease.

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AnimalsCalciumElectric CapacitanceElectric StimulationFemaleGuinea PigsHair Cells, VestibularHydrostatic PressureMembrane PotentialsPatch-Clamp TechniquesPotassiumCalciumPotassium

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PMID19084993
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