Synaptic transmission at vertebrate hair cells

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作者
Fuchs, PA
机构
[1] Hearing Science Center, 521 Traylor Building, Johns Hopkins Univ. Sch. of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21205
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10.1016/S0959-4388(96)80058-4
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Q189 [神经科学];
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071006 ;
摘要
Mechanosensory hair cells release chemical transmitters onto associated afferent dendrites and respond to transmitters re leased by efferent neurons. Dihydropyridine-sensitive, voltage-gated calcium channels support transmitter release from hair cells and may be expressed preferentially at release sites, Recently, a novel subunit of the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor family, alpha 9, was identified and found to be expressed in rat hair cells. It appears to mediate efferent inhibition via associated calcium-activated potassium channels.
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页码:514 / 519
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