2016
Physiological modulators of Kv3.1 channels adjust firing patterns of auditory brain stem neurons
Brown MR, El-Hassar L, Zhang Y, Alvaro G, Large CH, Kaczmarek LK. Physiological modulators of Kv3.1 channels adjust firing patterns of auditory brain stem neurons. Journal Of Neurophysiology 2016, 116: 106-121. PMID: 27052580, PMCID: PMC4961756, DOI: 10.1152/jn.00174.2016.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsKv3.1 channelsAuditory brain stem neuronsAuditory brain stemBrain stem neuronsBrain slice recordingsKv3.1 potassium channelVoltage of activationMNTB neuronsStem neuronsTrapezoid bodyBrain stemMedial nucleusKv3.1 currentsNeuronal excitabilitySlice recordingsTherapeutic benefitImidazolidinedione derivativesAction potentialsPhysiological modulatorPotassium channelsResting potentialsNeuronsSingle-channel recordingsChinese hamster ovary cellsPharmaceutical modulation
2005
Aminoglycosides block the Kv3.1 potassium channel and reduce the ability of inferior colliculus neurons to fire at high frequencies
Liu S, Kaczmarek LK. Aminoglycosides block the Kv3.1 potassium channel and reduce the ability of inferior colliculus neurons to fire at high frequencies. Developmental Neurobiology 2005, 62: 439-452. PMID: 15547932, DOI: 10.1002/neu.20112.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInferior colliculus neuronsKv3.1 potassium channelColliculus neuronsKv3.1 currentsHearing lossAuditory neuronsPotassium channelsInhibition of Kv3.1Progressive hearing lossRate of repolarizationAuditory nucleiPotassium currentFiring propertiesPipette solutionAction potentialsNeuronsHigh frequencyEffect of streptomycinExtracellular TEAKv3.1 geneKv3.1 channelsAminoglycoside antibioticsStreptomycinKv3.1Presence of streptomycin