2017
Pharmacological modulation of Kv3.1 mitigates auditory midbrain temporal processing deficits following auditory nerve damage
Chambers AR, Pilati N, Balaram P, Large CH, Kaczmarek LK, Polley DB. Pharmacological modulation of Kv3.1 mitigates auditory midbrain temporal processing deficits following auditory nerve damage. Scientific Reports 2017, 7: 17496. PMID: 29235497, PMCID: PMC5727503, DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-17406-x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAction PotentialsAnimalsAuditory PathwaysAuditory PerceptionCochlear NerveCompulsive BehaviorDisease Models, AnimalImidazolesMembrane Transport ModulatorsMesencephalonMiceModels, BiologicalNeuronsOuabainPyrimidinesRecovery of FunctionShaw Potassium ChannelsTissue Culture TechniquesVestibulocochlear Nerve DiseasesConceptsTemporal processing deficitsAuditory nerve damageCochlear nerve synapsesTemporal sound featuresCentral auditory pathwayAuditory brainstem neuronsPromising therapeutic approachPatch-clamp recordingsOtotoxic drug exposurePrecise temporal codingTemporal firing patternsHigh-threshold channelsVoltage-gated potassium channelsProcessing deficitsNerve damageBrainstem neuronsAfferent inputCentral neuronsDrug exposureAfferent synapsesContralateral earSystemic injectionCompensatory plasticityTherapeutic approachesAuditory cortex
2006
A Store-Operated Ca2+ Influx Pathway in the Bag Cell Neurons of Aplysia
Kachoei BA, Knox RJ, Uthuza D, Levy S, Kaczmarek LK, Magoski NS. A Store-Operated Ca2+ Influx Pathway in the Bag Cell Neurons of Aplysia. Journal Of Neurophysiology 2006, 96: 2688-2698. PMID: 16885525, PMCID: PMC2894935, DOI: 10.1152/jn.00118.2006.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnilidesAnimalsAplysiaCalcium Channel BlockersCalcium ChannelsCalcium SignalingElectrophysiologyEnzyme InhibitorsImidazolesIn Vitro TechniquesIndicators and ReagentsIndolesInositol 1,4,5-TrisphosphateLanthanumMacrocyclic CompoundsMembrane PotentialsNeuronsNickelOxazolesRyanodine Receptor Calcium Release ChannelThapsigarginThiadiazolesConceptsBag cell neuronsCell neuronsCyclopiazonic acidCPA-sensitive storesSmooth muscle cell lineAbsence of extracellularCultured bag cell neuronsRyanodine receptor agonistATPase inhibitorReceptor blockersReceptor agonistNeuropeptide secretionXestospongin CMuscle cell lineInflux pathwayIntracellular storesNonneuronal cellsAcidic storesElevated intracellularNeuronsStore depletionAfterdischargesCell linesBafilomycin AEntry pathway
2004
Activation of a calcium entry pathway by sodium pyrithione in the bag cell neurons of Aplysia
Knox RJ, Magoski NS, Wing D, Barbee SJ, Kaczmarek LK. Activation of a calcium entry pathway by sodium pyrithione in the bag cell neurons of Aplysia. Developmental Neurobiology 2004, 60: 411-423. PMID: 15307146, DOI: 10.1002/neu.20029.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAplysia bag cell neuronsWhole-cell current-clamp recordingsBag cell neuronsPlasma membraneCurrent-clamp recordingsNeuronal physiologyCytosolic pHCytosolic freeMembrane potentialCell neuronsSodium pyrithionePresence of externalRatiometric imagingMV depolarizationClose structural analogueHill coefficientNapStructural analoguesSpecies
1985
Inhibitors of calcium-dependent enzymes prevent the onset of afterdischarge in the peptidergic bag cell neurons of Aplysia
DeRiemer S, Schweitzer B, Kaczmarek L. Inhibitors of calcium-dependent enzymes prevent the onset of afterdischarge in the peptidergic bag cell neurons of Aplysia. Brain Research 1985, 340: 175-180. PMID: 4027644, DOI: 10.1016/0006-8993(85)90790-5.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBag cell neuronsCalcium-dependent enzymesCell neuronsNeuroactive peptidesAttenuation of secretionOnset of afterdischargeBrief electrical stimulationPeptidergic bag cell neuronsAbility of stimulationEffect of TFPEffects of agentsNeuronal excitabilitySynaptic transmissionAfterdischargesNeurosecretory neuronsElectrical stimulationEndogenous burstingNeuronsSecretionCalmodulin-dependent enzymesProtein kinaseAplysiaStimulationOnsetAgents