Innervation regulates synaptic ribbons in lateral line mechanosensory hair cells
Suli A, Pujol R, Cunningham DE, Hailey DW, Prendergast A, Rubel EW, Raible DW. Innervation regulates synaptic ribbons in lateral line mechanosensory hair cells. Journal Of Cell Science 2016, 129: 2250-2260. PMID: 27103160, PMCID: PMC4920245, DOI: 10.1242/jcs.182592.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMechanosensory hair cellsHair cellsWild-type larvaeZebrafish lateral line systemElectron-dense structuresRibbon formationProper synapsisLateral line systemMature synapseSynaptic vesiclesHair cell innervationPost-synaptic elementsSensory cellsBasolateral membranePresynaptic zoneAfferent fibersSynaptic ribbonsFunctional synapsesBalance disordersCellsInnervationMutantsSynapsesLarvaeCytoplasm