2005
Regulation of the timing of MNTB neurons by short-term and long-term modulation of potassium channels
Kaczmarek LK, Bhattacharjee A, Desai R, Gan L, Song P, von Hehn CA, Whim MD, Yang B. Regulation of the timing of MNTB neurons by short-term and long-term modulation of potassium channels. Hearing Research 2005, 206: 133-145. PMID: 16081004, DOI: 10.1016/j.heares.2004.11.023.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAnteroventral cochlear nucleusPotassium channelsAuditory pathwayAction potentialsCentral auditory pathwayVoltage-dependent potassium channelsMammalian auditory pathwayAmount of neurotransmitterProtein phosphorylationMNTB neuronsGene expressionBushy cellsPrincipal neuronsTrapezoid bodyCochlear nucleusIntrinsic excitabilityMedial nucleusVoltage-dependent channelsFiring patternsNeuronsAmplitude of currentsKv1 familySound stimuliLong-term modulationSound localization
1997
Localization of a high threshold potassium channel in the rat cochlear nucleus
Perney T, Kaczmarek L. Localization of a high threshold potassium channel in the rat cochlear nucleus. The Journal Of Comparative Neurology 1997, 386: 178-202. PMID: 9295146, DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1096-9861(19970922)386:2<178::aid-cne2>3.0.co;2-z.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCochlear nucleusBushy cellsKv3.1 mRNAKv3.1 channelsPotassium channelsDorsal cochlear nucleusRat cochlear nucleusVentral cochlear nucleusLarge synaptic potentialsTypes of neuronsProximal dendritesSynaptic potentialsAxon terminalsStained neuronsUnmyelinated axonsAuditory neuronsNeuronal firingOctopus cellsMultipolar cellsGiant cellsKv3.1 proteinNeuronsKv3.1Situ hybridizationImmunolabeling