2021
Efferent neurons control hearing sensitivity and protect hearing from noise through the regulation of gap junctions between cochlear supporting cells
Zhao H, Liu L, Yu N, Zhu Y, Mei L, Chen J, Liang C. Efferent neurons control hearing sensitivity and protect hearing from noise through the regulation of gap junctions between cochlear supporting cells. Journal Of Neurophysiology 2021, 127: 313-327. PMID: 34907797, PMCID: PMC8759971, DOI: 10.1152/jn.00468.2021.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsOuter hair cellsActive cochlear amplificationCochlear efferent systemDistortion product otoacoustic emissionsEfferent systemEfferent pathwaysHearing sensitivityMedial olivocochlear efferent fibersPresynaptic vesicular acetylcholine transportersGap junctionsOlivocochlear efferent fibersHair cellsApplication of acetylcholineCochlear supporting cellsProtection of hearingVesicular acetylcholine transporterActive cochlear amplifierCochlear amplificationPostsynaptic ACh receptorsProduct otoacoustic emissionsMOC efferent systemHair cell activityEfferent nervesEfferent inhibitionEfferent fibers
2000
High calcium permeability and calcium block of the α9 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor
Katz E, Verbitsky M, Rothlin C, Vetter D, Heinemann S, Elgoyhen A. High calcium permeability and calcium block of the α9 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor. Hearing Research 2000, 141: 117-128. PMID: 10713500, DOI: 10.1016/s0378-5955(99)00214-2.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsOuter hair cellsAlpha9 receptorNicotinic acetylcholine receptorsAcetylcholine receptorsAlpha9 nicotinic acetylcholine receptorΑ9 nicotinic acetylcholine receptorHair cellsOlivocochlear efferent fibersHigh calcium permeabilityAuditory nerve fiber activityNerve fiber activityEfferent fibersCholinergic receptorsOlivocochlear fibersVoltage-dependent mannerSynaptic transmissionCalcium permeabilityInhibitory synapseFiber activityReceptorsXenopus laevis oocytesMonovalent currentsLaevis oocytesSynapseCalcium block
1979
A supernormal period in central axons following single cell stimulation
Kocsis J, VanderMaelen C. A supernormal period in central axons following single cell stimulation. Experimental Brain Research 1979, 36: 381-386. PMID: 488207, DOI: 10.1007/bf00238919.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
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