2012
Gradients and Modulation of K+ Channels Optimize Temporal Accuracy in Networks of Auditory Neurons
Kaczmarek LK. Gradients and Modulation of K+ Channels Optimize Temporal Accuracy in Networks of Auditory Neurons. PLOS Computational Biology 2012, 8: e1002424. PMID: 22438799, PMCID: PMC3305353, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1002424.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSpontaneous activityPotassium currentRandom spontaneous activityAuditory brainstem neuronsAuditory brainstem nucleiSubset of neuronsMaximal firing rateHigh rateNormal auditory processingPattern of stimulationBrainstem neuronsBrainstem nucleiSynaptic outputAuditory neuronsChannel expressionSuch neuronsStimulus rateAction potentialsTonotopic axisSound stimulationFiring ratePotassium conductanceNeuronsKv3 channelsIndividual neurons
2010
Fragile X Mental Retardation Protein Is Required for Rapid Experience-Dependent Regulation of the Potassium Channel Kv3.1b
Strumbos JG, Brown MR, Kronengold J, Polley DB, Kaczmarek LK. Fragile X Mental Retardation Protein Is Required for Rapid Experience-Dependent Regulation of the Potassium Channel Kv3.1b. Journal Of Neuroscience 2010, 30: 10263-10271. PMID: 20685971, PMCID: PMC3485078, DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.1125-10.2010.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMental retardation proteinAnterior ventral cochlear nucleusFragile X Mental Retardation ProteinRNA-binding proteinProtein translationFMRPWild-type animalsSpecific mRNAsSound localization circuitVentral cochlear nucleusBrainstem synaptosomesExperience-dependent regulationProtein levelsAmplitude-modulated stimuliProteinTrapezoid bodyCochlear nucleusMale miceMedial nucleusNeuronal activityPotassium currentWT controlsSynaptic plasticityTonotopic axisAcoustic stimulationLocalization of Kv1.3 channels in presynaptic terminals of brainstem auditory neurons
Gazula V, Strumbos JG, Mei X, Chen H, Rahner C, Kaczmarek LK. Localization of Kv1.3 channels in presynaptic terminals of brainstem auditory neurons. The Journal Of Comparative Neurology 2010, 518: 3205-3220. PMID: 20575068, PMCID: PMC2894291, DOI: 10.1002/cne.22393.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPresynaptic terminalsBrainstem auditory neuronsPattern of stainingMNTB neuronsPrincipal neuronsSynaptic markersTrapezoid bodyCochlear nucleusAfferent inputAxonal stainingMedial nucleusAuditory brainstemPresynaptic endingsOlfactory bulbAuditory neuronsPotassium channel genesTonotopic axisTonotopic gradientNeuronsKv1.3 channelsProminent labelingPrincipal cellsAuditory stimuliKv1 familyKv1.3
2004
Loss of Kv3.1 Tonotopicity and Alterations in cAMP Response Element-Binding Protein Signaling in Central Auditory Neurons of Hearing Impaired Mice
von Hehn CA, Bhattacharjee A, Kaczmarek LK. Loss of Kv3.1 Tonotopicity and Alterations in cAMP Response Element-Binding Protein Signaling in Central Auditory Neurons of Hearing Impaired Mice. Journal Of Neuroscience 2004, 24: 1936-1940. PMID: 14985434, PMCID: PMC6730406, DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.4554-03.2004.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAcoustic StimulationAge FactorsAnimalsAuditory PathwaysBrain StemCerebellumCyclic AMP Response Element-Binding ProteinDisease ProgressionMaleMiceMice, Inbred C57BLMice, Inbred CBAMice, Inbred DBANeuronsNeuropeptidesPhosphorylationPotassium ChannelsPotassium Channels, Voltage-GatedPresbycusisReflex, StartleShaw Potassium ChannelsConceptsCAMP response element-binding proteinResponse element-binding proteinTonotopic axisBL/6 miceElement-binding proteinCochlear hair cell lossPCREB-positive cellsAuditory brainstem neuronsCentral auditory neuronsHair cell lossCBA/JTranscription factor cAMP response element-binding proteinBrainstem neuronsKv3.1 potassium channel geneTrapezoid bodyImpaired miceMedial nucleusAuditory brainstemImmunopositive cellsAuditory neuronsMedial endPotassium channel genesGood hearingCell lossCREB expression