ArticleNature communications2020
Macromolecular and electrical coupling between inner hair cells in the rodent cochlea.
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- Diversity matters - extending sound intensity coding by inner hair cells via heterogeneous synapses.The EMBO journal · 2023Review
- Piccolino is required for ribbon architecture at cochlear inner hair cell synapses and for hearing.EMBO reports · 2023Article
- Best frequencies and temporal delays are similar across the low-frequency regions of the guinea pig cochlea.Science advances · 2022Article
- Aligned Organization of Synapses and Mitochondria in Auditory Hair Cells.Neuroscience bulletin · 2022Article
- Maturation of Heterogeneity in Afferent Synapse Ultrastructure in the Mouse Cochlea.Frontiers in synaptic neuroscience · 2021Article
- Recent advances in cochlear hair cell nanophysiology: subcellular compartmentalization of electrical signaling in compact sensory cells.Faculty reviews · 2020Review
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Abstract
Inner hair cells (IHCs) are the primary receptors for hearing. They are housed in the cochlea and convey sound information to the brain via synapses with the auditory nerve. IHCs have been thought to be electrically and metabolically independent from each other. We report that, upon developmental maturation, in mice 30% of the IHCs are electrochemically coupled in 'mini-syncytia'. This coupling permits transfer of fluorescently-labeled metabolites and macromolecular tracers. The membrane capacitance, Ca
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